“Well, what we know about the Ivy schools, once you are in, while certainly not easy, its very difficult to fail”
Hmmmm. The thing is, if you are in a tough major, you will be doing at least an extra year, and you will be working a lot with tutors. I knew some kids who left Ivy athletics because they couldn’t handle the coursework.
Also I know at least one Ivy, and at least one other top tier school, will send tutors on the bus. And even my bottom tier state school, D1 though, will send tutors on away trips to keep the students up on their studies.
Imagine if the run-of-the-mill kids had that level of support. Yet still, about 1/3rd of that athletes I teach my freshman course to are failing. They all but take the tests for them, and it’s not enough.