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[quote=Anonymous]It’s not a SLAC, but my son ran track/XC at an Ivy, so this might give insight.

There were nine mid and long distance runners his year on the team. One was a walk on. Three were highly recruited and would not have been admitted without the hook.  The other five had the stats and had a good shot at an Ivy without the sport.  But they chose that school because the coach gave the support and the AO was able to guarantee a spot with a likely letter so they took it rather than rolling the dice. One was valedictorian.  All but the three highly recruited had 1500+SATs etc etc. The non-highly recruited were okay runners but their combo academic and athletic stats got them in.  The coach was really hanging his hat on the three highly recruited, but needed to fill out a team so he found kids with good enough academic stats to get past admissions. 
 
I guess the point is one out of nine walked on.  A bunch had the stats to get into an Ivy and took the guaranteed ED spot and a likely letter, so they took up an ED spot over a “regular high stats kid”.  I suspect NESCACs, for example, are similar.   [/quote]

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