Anonymous
Post 04/24/2025 23:43     Subject: Yale athletes discuss their SAT/ACT scores.
Your self esteem is so low you worry that someone else in your social circle will make you look bad?
Anonymous
Post 04/24/2025 23:28     Subject: Yale athletes discuss their SAT/ACT scores.
Anonymous wrote:Note that a lot of athletes just need to hit a certain score. So while your kid might get a 1470 and take it a few more times to get over 1500, an athlete will be told that is good enough and stop trying, even if with more studying and attempts they could do better.


Yep, my kid did 34 on first ACT and called it quits. Coach said, “no need to try for a 35 or 36.”
Anonymous
Post 04/24/2025 23:21     Subject: Yale athletes discuss their SAT/ACT scores.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Smart kids don’t want to sit next to dopey students in their college classes. They had to put up with enough of that in high school. They may be interesting human beings, but if they can’t keep up, then they drag everything down.


Please. They are excited to cheer for a decent football team on Saturdays, and they are more than happy to sit next to the "dopey" athlete, because they hope he will bring down the class average on the midterm, and they get a better curved grade. Win win all around.

Admitted students don't care. The only people who care are the ones that don't get the offer and have a bruised ego.
No one at Yale cares about the football team for 364 days of the year.


+1. Low academic athletes are made fun of.
Anonymous
Post 04/24/2025 23:15     Subject: Yale athletes discuss their SAT/ACT scores.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Smart kids don’t want to sit next to dopey students in their college classes. They had to put up with enough of that in high school. They may be interesting human beings, but if they can’t keep up, then they drag everything down.


Please. They are excited to cheer for a decent football team on Saturdays, and they are more than happy to sit next to the "dopey" athlete, because they hope he will bring down the class average on the midterm, and they get a better curved grade. Win win all around.

Admitted students don't care. The only people who care are the ones that don't get the offer and have a bruised ego.
No one at Yale cares about the football team for 364 days of the year.
Anonymous
Post 04/24/2025 23:13     Subject: Yale athletes discuss their SAT/ACT scores.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It's the Yale football team.
First guy had a 19, 2nd a 24, 3rd a 1280, and 4th a 27


This was before Yale went back to test required.

I know two athletes that had to decommit recently because 1/2 the Ivies went back to test required and they couldn’t get the score. Regular students need 34-36, an athlete still needs low 30s.


That sounds more likely and believable.
Anonymous
Post 04/24/2025 23:11     Subject: Yale athletes discuss their SAT/ACT scores.
Anonymous wrote:27 I get - you have to be a very strong athlete to compete at an Ivy. Most varsity team captains aren’t Ivy level athletes. I also know someone who earned a 21 or 22 on the ACT who played on Northwestern’s women’s lacrosse team, so I’m not surprised.


That I don't believe. Northwestern holds their athletes to much higher academic standards than most schools
Anonymous
Post 04/24/2025 23:10     Subject: Yale athletes discuss their SAT/ACT scores.
Anonymous wrote:So what? The school wants to put together an interesting class with lots of different types of talents. A class filled entirely with people with high standardized test scores may not necessarily be as interesting for the members of said class.

Being with and around young people with many different types of talents leads to a better overall education for everyone in the class. College is about more than just the classroom.

Well yes scores are not everything. But I have a kid with a 26 and 3.5 uw and no AP. And I can assure you they don't belong at Yale or any top 50 school.
Anonymous
Post 04/24/2025 22:36     Subject: Re:Yale athletes discuss their SAT/ACT scores.
GU had specially selected classes with faculty willing to be generous for the basketball players.
Anonymous
Post 04/24/2025 22:17     Subject: Yale athletes discuss their SAT/ACT scores.
Anonymous wrote:Smart kids don’t want to sit next to dopey students in their college classes. They had to put up with enough of that in high school. They may be interesting human beings, but if they can’t keep up, then they drag everything down.


This is 100% not true. Only strivers would care about athletes in their classes “dumbing” them down. Well adjusted students are rooting for their school at big football games, proud when their school makes March Madness, etc.
Anonymous
Post 04/24/2025 22:08     Subject: Yale athletes discuss their SAT/ACT scores.
Note that a lot of athletes just need to hit a certain score. So while your kid might get a 1470 and take it a few more times to get over 1500, an athlete will be told that is good enough and stop trying, even if with more studying and attempts they could do better.
Anonymous
Post 04/24/2025 21:56     Subject: Yale athletes discuss their SAT/ACT scores.
Anonymous wrote:It's the Yale football team.
First guy had a 19, 2nd a 24, 3rd a 1280, and 4th a 27


This was before Yale went back to test required.

I know two athletes that had to decommit recently because 1/2 the Ivies went back to test required and they couldn’t get the score. Regular students need 34-36, an athlete still needs low 30s.
Anonymous
Post 04/24/2025 21:18     Subject: Yale athletes discuss their SAT/ACT scores.
Anonymous wrote:Smart kids don’t want to sit next to dopey students in their college classes. They had to put up with enough of that in high school. They may be interesting human beings, but if they can’t keep up, then they drag everything down.


Please. They are excited to cheer for a decent football team on Saturdays, and they are more than happy to sit next to the "dopey" athlete, because they hope he will bring down the class average on the midterm, and they get a better curved grade. Win win all around.

Admitted students don't care. The only people who care are the ones that don't get the offer and have a bruised ego.
Anonymous
Post 04/24/2025 21:11     Subject: Yale athletes discuss their SAT/ACT scores.
Anonymous wrote:Smart kids don’t want to sit next to dopey students in their college classes. They had to put up with enough of that in high school. They may be interesting human beings, but if they can’t keep up, then they drag everything down.


Oh please. Your snowflake will be sitting next to “dopey” people for the rest of their lives. Time to get over it.
Anonymous
Post 04/24/2025 21:08     Subject: Yale athletes discuss their SAT/ACT scores.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I would have to download Tik Toc to watch it and I’m not doing that. What does it say?


You’re so self-obsessed you fear the Chinese want YOUR personal information? Irrational.

Or maybe you’re afraid of seeing the truth about what’s going on in Palestine. Pathetic.


I just don’t want another app on my phone to waste time on. DCUM is good enough for that.
Anonymous
Post 04/24/2025 20:59     Subject: Yale athletes discuss their SAT/ACT scores.
Smart kids don’t want to sit next to dopey students in their college classes. They had to put up with enough of that in high school. They may be interesting human beings, but if they can’t keep up, then they drag everything down.