3.5 UW: Elite Schools?

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@Data10 Tulane’s 18-19" common data set says 700 males/ 1,100 female first time enrollment. 11% of the class is D1 scholarship football players for males. they are going to have about 200 recruited athletes per year. that’s about 11% of the class overall.

NCAA D1 FBS rules permit up to 85 scholarships across the full team including students of all years, not 85 for just freshman. If we estimate 85/4.5 = 18.9 scholarships for freshman, then that would be 18.9/(713 +1192), which would result in slightly less than 1% of the entering freshman receiving football scholarships, well under the 38% of the class with a 3.5 UW GPA. One of many possible sources for 6% varsity athletes is at Tulane at https://www.forbes.com/colleges/tulane-university-of-louisiana/ . It’s a lower percentage than Harvard and similar because Tulane has fewer teams.