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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For a school like MIT, they do not lower the admissions standards for recruited athletes.  But, if you meet their standards, and are recruited, you will be admitted.

As an example, I know someone who was recruited to elite schools.  She got admitted and will be going....And, she used her skills to be admitted, but she had nearly all A's with nearly all honors and AP, and 1500+ on the SATs, and a National Merit Semifinialist.   The thing is that is the average student at an elite school.  And they could accept 100% 4.0 UW with 1600 SATs.  The sport set her apart.[/quote]

This is also true for CalTech - the bar is just as high for their athletes as it is for everyone else. Why do people think that athletes cannot be academic? My DC was a high performing athlete and also a National Merit Finalist. DC also had top grades and scored a 35 on the ACT as a sophomore. There are plenty of highly academic kids who also play sports at a competitive level.  I'm not talking NBA/NFL/NHL level though - that's a completely different level of athleticism. [/quote]

No it is not. Why would the CalTech admissions office need to set aside 23% (or 15% at MIT) of the slots for athletic recruits if they were just as strong as the other admits and would get in anyways? The fact is that they are far weaker than the rest of the admitted pool. At least in the Ivies, the Academic Index requires some academically stronger athletes to balance off the really weak ones. And the Ivies are explicit in their desire for a holistic mix and the fact that it is an athletic conference. On the other hand, CalTech and MIT claim to be all about academic merit, when that is clearly not the case. It's also absurd because what is the point of athletics there?  [/quote]

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