academically "overqualified" to be recruited?

tallgirl
Fri, 28 Jan 2011 00:38:08 +0000

from today’s Yale Daily News:

“Barbara Reinalda, head coach of softball, said the number of recruiting spots allotted to her team has also dropped over the last few years, from five to six slots per year to about four, depending on the number of players that graduate each year. **** She added that she does ask recruits with competitive grades to apply on their own so that she does not have to use one of her recruiting spots.”****

there you go. work your butt off BOTH academically AND athletically and boom, you’re not as likely to get an LL or official recruiting spot at Yale as an equally-skilled athlete with lower grades/scores. disheartening – but I had hypothesized this in the Scores thread.