Do athletics play a role in admissions?

pwoods
Fri, 22 Jul 2011 21:44:10 +0000

I definitely agree with hellojan. Sure, you can’t be anywhere near as unintellectual as recruits at Big 10 schools, but getting recruited by an Ivy is a pretty sweet deal. First off, you’re not actually competing against all the best athletes in the country, since most of them will choose to go to schools that actually appreciate athletics. So it’s easier to be recruited at an Ivy than any other D1 school. You have to be relatively good at academics, but nowhere near as good than if you were competing against the brilliant non-athletes who apply. It really is the best of both worlds, assuming you are a good athlete and don’t mind going to a school where most people don’t care about athletics.