Colleges use standardized test scores and GPAs to weed out who they don't want. Do you really think that Brennan O'Neill broke 1100 to get into Duke?

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Anonymous wrote:BLC got a screw job honestly, having to face M&D, MDU and Coppermine.

victim

I mean I am not a BLC parent, just an observer lol

Anonymous wrote:BLC got a screw job honestly, having to face M&D, MDU and Coppermine.

victim

How did the 2030 page get hijacked into a college recruiting page? Seems like getting way ahead of yourselves if you don’t have an older child.

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Anonymous wrote:D1 2026 parent here- they want them in 1500 range on SAT. There is the the Academic Index that admission offices use to assign a score
to every applicant/athlete that coaches recruit. There are minimum scores for the Academic Index that need met in order to be admitted to most Ivy League schools. Google it and make sure you become knowledgeable on these things as you get closer to your recruiting year.

1,500?!?

and be an elite lax player?

My 2027 got 1400, on a top-20 club and I thought she was in good shape for Ivy league, guess not.

You are good in 1400s

Thanks for confirmation, as I have been told by number of folks that anything over 1,400 is a bonus.

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Anonymous wrote:D1 2026 parent here- they want them in 1500 range on SAT. There is the the Academic Index that admission offices use to assign a score
to every applicant/athlete that coaches recruit. There are minimum scores for the Academic Index that need met in order to be admitted to most Ivy League schools. Google it and make sure you become knowledgeable on these things as you get closer to your recruiting year.

1,500?!?

and be an elite lax player?

My 2027 got 1400, on a top-20 club and I thought she was in good shape for Ivy league, guess not.

You are good in 1400s

Not true and saying this gives athletes/parents the false impression that grades/SAT do not matter. No doubt if a player is the #1-5 in the class for recruiting a coach may go to bat with admissions to squeak the player through but a coach does not want a 5 star who cannot handle the academics at an Ivy which then pulls the whole team’s GPA down causing issues with the administration and making the school/team look bad. I spoke to a parent who has a son on Harvard lax team now and most of the players on that team were high performing academic students in HS on top of being elite level lacrosse players. What you are saying is uncommon/rareoccurrence.
The parent said they super score the SAT when the player takes it several times. The recruits must have high level academics and a total recruiting package to get through admissions. There may be the rare exception where a player has the total package despite having an average SAT and gets in with coach backing the applicant. This is rare and not the norm so do not give false hope to parents by implying this is common at high academic schools because it is NOT! For every five star athlete that has low grades/low SAT there are three or four more with a 1500 SAT and a 4.0 GPA. GRADES AND SCORES MATTER AND WILL OPEN OR SHUT DOORS FOR YOUR ATHLETE!

Anonymous wrote:The student athlete status gives you no real advantage when it comes to enrollment.. For example, a recent GP player found that out for himself when he had to switch commitments when his GPA and SAT scores didn't qualify him for the original school he had committed to...

It honestly depends on how much the school wants you. They will use that as an excuse. I know a player who went to Harvard (recently) and he barely had an 1100. Had to keep retaking it.

The student athlete status gives you no real advantage when it comes to enrollment.. For example, a recent GP player found that out for himself when he had to switch commitments when his GPA and SAT scores didn't qualify him for the original school he had committed to...

Anonymous wrote:D1 2026 parent here- they want them in 1500 range on SAT. There is the the Academic Index that admission offices use to assign a score
to every applicant/athlete that coaches recruit. There are minimum scores for the Academic Index that need met in order to be admitted to most Ivy League schools. Google it and make sure you become knowledgeable on these things as you get closer to your recruiting year.

1,500?!?

and be an elite lax player?

My 2027 got 1400, on a top-20 club and I thought she was in good shape for Ivy league, guess not.

D1 2026 parent here- they want them in 1500 range on SAT. There is the the Academic Index that admission offices use to assign a score
to every applicant/athlete that coaches recruit. There are minimum scores for the Academic Index that need met in order to be admitted to most Ivy League schools. Google it and make sure you become knowledgeable on these things as you get closer to your recruiting year.

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Anonymous wrote:As a parent with a high schooler and middle schooler, I wish someone had told my older kids’ teams that all this talk of record for a seventh grade team feels misplaced. Girls still growing a lot. Some of the best players will stay that way but more often than not, the field will change by high school based on size, injury etc. And a lot of times, most lacrosse parents can’t see the forest for the trees.

Also this ridiculous NCAA settlement is going to change the nature of recruiting for any conference a school that opts in. Lots more lacrosse scholarships which sounds good on paper but I worry that coaches are going to rely much more heavily on the portal now. Why take a chance on an high school athlete when you can get a hungry bench sitter from Duke? Ivies didn’t opt in but you better have the grades and test scores or they won’t take her (just ask all the junior recruits retaking the SAT after their commitment was announced.) my kid saw five at the test recently.

What is a “safe” SAT score for a lax recruit looking at Ivy?

It is no different than it would be for any other student they get no advantage by being an athlete.

It's true that prospective ivy league students do need to be strong students, but there is a definite advantage to being an athlete. There are plenty of very smart kids that get denied by Ivy's.

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Anonymous wrote:As a parent with a high schooler and middle schooler, I wish someone had told my older kids’ teams that all this talk of record for a seventh grade team feels misplaced. Girls still growing a lot. Some of the best players will stay that way but more often than not, the field will change by high school based on size, injury etc. And a lot of times, most lacrosse parents can’t see the forest for the trees.

Also this ridiculous NCAA settlement is going to change the nature of recruiting for any conference a school that opts in. Lots more lacrosse scholarships which sounds good on paper but I worry that coaches are going to rely much more heavily on the portal now. Why take a chance on an high school athlete when you can get a hungry bench sitter from Duke? Ivies didn’t opt in but you better have the grades and test scores or they won’t take her (just ask all the junior recruits retaking the SAT after their commitment was announced.) my kid saw five at the test recently.

What is a “safe” SAT score for a lax recruit looking at Ivy?

It is no different than it would be for any other student they get no advantage by being an athlete.

Anonymous wrote:As a parent with a high schooler and middle schooler, I wish someone had told my older kids’ teams that all this talk of record for a seventh grade team feels misplaced. Girls still growing a lot. Some of the best players will stay that way but more often than not, the field will change by high school based on size, injury etc. And a lot of times, most lacrosse parents can’t see the forest for the trees.

Also this ridiculous NCAA settlement is going to change the nature of recruiting for any conference a school that opts in. Lots more lacrosse scholarships which sounds good on paper but I worry that coaches are going to rely much more heavily on the portal now. Why take a chance on an high school athlete when you can get a hungry bench sitter from Duke? Ivies didn’t opt in but you better have the grades and test scores or they won’t take her (just ask all the junior recruits retaking the SAT after their commitment was announced.) my kid saw five at the test recently.

What is a “safe” SAT score for a lax recruit looking at Ivy?

Sorry misspoke: 38 women’s scholarships (not 30)


USA lacrosse magazine had a good article over the summer.