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Anonymous wrote:My child has not done an official visit yet (that is where the formal financials will be offered) but in discussions with coaches so far the range is between 60%-100% of OOS tuition and room/board. There are caveats with that- improve anything over last year, commit early, grades/test scores, etc...

Are they committing to a four-year roster spot and scholarship? OP, the landscape is changing very quickly, rosters are shrinking, schools are increasingly picking up transfers, and kids are being cut from teams. Unless your kid is an absolute superstar, I would be very wary of promises of big money from D1 teams.

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Anonymous wrote:I assume all the anecdotes are from families who have never been through the recruitment process. Some are funny to read.

PP here with recruited DC… what I said about Ivy training and expectations are not anecdotal. I mentioned it specifically because many parents on DCUM think that going “Ivy” is this perfect combination of academic prestige with the ability to play a D1 sport that is not “time consuming.” That is simply not true, so student athletes and parents who actually are going through the process or are thinking about it should ask the right questions. I also did say that it is sport and school specific.

DC committed to play at HA D3, and (for DCs non-revenue field sport) what people have said about NESCAC recruiting is
mostly true (I think it depends on the sport, but there is a lot of leeway at the C band level), that some schools in the Patriot League have a sliding scale for scholarships or offer only 2 slots and are need aware when offering slots, and that you don’t have to be the best student to get into an Ivy for a sport, you just have to be passable and that doesn’t included necessarily having “top tier” rigor or test scores either.

An Ivy told our child they needed at least a 1280 for them to issue a likely letter. We were shocked.

I have never seen a score this low before accepted. I’ve seen quite a few 1360 or so scores for impact players but nothing in that range. Is your child a P4 level athlete?

I’ve seen 1120 accepted
At Yale

Nope the AI cut for Yale is far too high for an 1120 to make it. Gotta call bull on that one.

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Anonymous wrote:I assume all the anecdotes are from families who have never been through the recruitment process. Some are funny to read.

PP here with recruited DC… what I said about Ivy training and expectations are not anecdotal. I mentioned it specifically because many parents on DCUM think that going “Ivy” is this perfect combination of academic prestige with the ability to play a D1 sport that is not “time consuming.” That is simply not true, so student athletes and parents who actually are going through the process or are thinking about it should ask the right questions. I also did say that it is sport and school specific.

DC committed to play at HA D3, and (for DCs non-revenue field sport) what people have said about NESCAC recruiting is
mostly true (I think it depends on the sport, but there is a lot of leeway at the C band level), that some schools in the Patriot League have a sliding scale for scholarships or offer only 2 slots and are need aware when offering slots, and that you don’t have to be the best student to get into an Ivy for a sport, you just have to be passable and that doesn’t included necessarily having “top tier” rigor or test scores either.

An Ivy told our child they needed at least a 1280 for them to issue a likely letter. We were shocked.

I have never seen a score this low before accepted. I’ve seen quite a few 1360 or so scores for impact players but nothing in that range. Is your child a P4 level athlete?

I’ve seen 1120 accepted
At Yale

Anonymous wrote:D1 English professor here. Just so you know, those tutors will actually be the ones writing all the papers. Not just helping or editing, but completely writing them. And the tutors will mostly plagiarize them because they are busy students themselves. If a professor or TA knows this and reports them to the honor board, the board will rule against the professor and against the clear evidence. The athlete will not even need to show up at the meeting. Ask me how I know. I don't even think about reporting things anymore. It is a waste of my time.

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Anonymous wrote:These are all good points, but they're all impacted by both sport and school, especially since money is not relevant to all schools (Ivys, D3 theoretically). The issue with major is also impacted significantly by school. The Ivys and the like do not put restrictions on major, and in fact, have more restrictions on when/how much athletes can practice.

My nephew was told to choose between being an athlete and being a physics major at his Ivy. The coach said he could not do both.