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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP. The people who really, really love TO the most are D1 coaches of men’s sports that are played internationally. It means they can now recruit young men who have been semi-pro in their home countries regardless of how paltry their high school education was (and often, it was very paltry) because there is no objective academic measure to be met. No 18-year-old US senior can compete against a 22-year-old semipro who doesn’t have to get a minimum SAT score any more, so TO is changing the face of D1 recruiting very quickly. Men’s swimming, water polo, tennis, golf, soccer, basketball, hockey, etc. are all impacted by this. [/quote]

This is fascinating.  Do you have any additional information or links to articles?

This will also apply to women’s sports as well I’m sure.  [/quote]

Sports admit should be limited to certain majors like physical education[/quote]

You can tell a lot about the priorities and values of a school by looking at their current rosters, which usually have a bio section for at least the starters. You'll see where they are from and their majors. SM will also usually communicate some of this (with top schools broadcasting their team GPAs). Many, many schools recruit from out of the country. For my child's sport, for example, if you plan on going Ivy and playing- forget it. Harvard, for example, has a roster that is 3/4 out of the country. Even lots of d3 schools recruit from out of the country. I don't know if they are all test optional or not. Do they have SAT in Argentina? Netherlands? Etc.?

Top academic schools let you major in whatever you want, but USUALLY (not always)  the sport success suffers. For top sports teams (again, not all) you will see a lot of "communications" and "exercise science" majors. You can forget a lot of the stem pathways b/c it's just not doable. My neighbor was a D1 athlete and was told he could pick his sport or engineering (he picked the sport). And I have other friends whose kids have similar stories. [/quote]

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