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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Meant to add to the above that outstanding athletes who want to attend elite schools do get their prospects moved down a notch or out of the pile based on lower test scores, no matter what you hear on here from the many posters who have no clue how athletic recruitment works. It’s just that the coach is the first arbiter. A large percentage of the best athletes in the country have no chance of playing for an elite school, because the schools all have either indexes or minimum thresholds that are fairly to very high for no revenue sports. The index schools like the ivies have a sliding scale. If you are one of the top athletes in the country for your sport, the type Power 5s are recruiting? Good grades and a 1250 does it for the one kid per year who may consider an Ivy in their sport instead of a more competitive school. Next tier down? Good grades and 1350-1400 does it for the 1-2 kids who may be in that grouping for the sport. Next tier down, which are still excellent athletes and the types most of the athletes DCUMers know at ivies?  1450 and up to start and most won’t get nods from the coaches.

Kids drop off coaches’ lists all the time prior to NLIs based on their failure to get the needed scores and grades, or for failing to maintain their athletic performance, or for injury, and then they have no admissions edge. Also, as others have posted, the top athletic prospects will be checking in with coaches quite frequently to ensure that they are meeting the targets coaches deem safe for grades, APs, and course rigor even after they meet score thresholds. [/quote]

Well put!  Being a recruited athlete at top D1 school is no joke.[/quote]

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