@intparent, yes, I’m totally clear that this student is hooked. The question becomes whether a hook–in this case as a recruit with not-extraordinary athletic talent–trumps an extremely weak academic record: hundreds of points lower than the norm for the SAT (no @EyeVeee, he didn’t take the ACT) and poor grades. Perhaps I’m naive, but I would expect an Ivy to maintain higher standards. You certainly have to wonder whether he’ll be able to perform satisfactorily in college when he did so poorly in high school (again, his GPA would place him in the bottom third of his class and perhaps even bottom quarter.)