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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Or is a very strong student at a top high school plus a good but not tippity top club/varsity player enough?  Are there many top athletes out there who also have the academic chops to hack it at these colleges?  I am sure it depends on the sport, but how about for sports outside of football and basketball?  If your SAT is in the 1550-1580 range, high rigor at a strong, nationally recognized HS, and let's say you are an ok lacrosse/volleyball/soccer/track athlete, what are the odds that you'd get recruited by a top academic institution?  Obviously no chance at Duke, Stanford and the likes.

I am new to this site and process and curious how it all works. [/quote]

Yes, your mid athlete definitely deserves to be recruited to the top colleges in America because the great athletes are all morons.

Those top jocks can achieve what your DC has more easily than the other way around. Let that sink in.[/quote]

Not really. Top athletes are good at doing mundane tasks repetitively until they perfect them. I say this as the parent of athletic kids, and an athletic person myself. In contrast, brilliance of the mind cannot be trained by hard work and perseverance alone. You either have the IQ and natural curiosity, or you don't. Put it that way: would it be easier to train a monkey to score goals/shoot hoops or to write poetry/perform surgery/analyze balance sheets? [/quote]

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