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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I work in secondary education. I know a white girl who got into an Ivy for soccer the summer after 9th grade. She's no genius. I also have a black football player who has offers from a few Ivies and he's a nice kid, but a legit idiot.[/quote]

Wait, how is this new info?

To the OP, someone actually does get in.  URM, athlete, legacy are hooks we would all LOVE to have.

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I just wonder where a top Ivy can hide dummy athletes? I don't think any Ivies have remedial coursework like public Us offer. And a football player at an Ivy isn't leaving early to go pro, they have to hide these kids in classes for the full 4 years.

And the 9th grader getting into an Ivy two years before coach or admissions sees her SAT? Explain THAT.[/quote] [/quote]

Fact:  Harvard and the Ivies recruit athletes as early as the 9th grade:

http://www.gocrimson.com/information/recruiting/helpfulinfo
http://www.gocrimson.com/General/Core_Values/20151007

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Absolutely, here's a lacrosse kid who committed to Princeton last year in the 9th grade https://twitter.com/tyxanders/status/779836582618664960?lang=en

and hockey player verbally committed to Harvard in 9th grade:  http://www.thehockeynews.com/news/article/15-year-old-wunderkind-viral-video-star-oliver-wahlstrom-commits-to-harvard[/quote]

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