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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I knew a u Chicago swim recruit who was ranked.

He was also full pay from an affluent family in one of the most affluent areas in the country. For u Chicago, swimming rank was just an excuse to let in a full pay student.  [/quote]

Do you know how silly a statement this is?

Swimmers are recruited exclusively on their times.  He had the times necessary and the stats required, so he was admitted.

You think the swim coach who used a tip for him cares about his need for aid?[/quote]

Agree. University of Chicago is need-blind. The school would have found financial aid for him if he'd needed it. I know a tennis player who got into a very good LAC with academic stats that were well below the 25th percentile and whose family could not have afforded to send them to a public university. They got a full ride (yes, of course D3 schools don't offer athletic scholarships, wink, wink). [/quote]

Do you have a cite for this? Can you name the school?  What is your definition of a full ride? If the family could not have afforded a public university, then there is a strong chance that the kid received robust FA as well as merit (such use of merit @ D3s is not new, not at all). But I seriously doubt, based on working in college business/FA offices years ago (but still appears to be quite relevant based on chatter on this board), that the kid received a full ride.[/quote]

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