Do athletics play a role in admissions?

berries123
Tue, 26 Jul 2011 21:36:52 +0000

My friend is a great football player & he has good grades (but they’re probably not as good as most of the kids who get accepted into Ivy League schools) but he has gotten many, many letters from Harvard and Princeton expressing their interest in him playing football for their schools. He’s not choosing either of them because he’s gotten offers from schools that are more sports oriented and have better football programs. So, from this, I would assume that if you are a recruited varsity athlete, it probably will be easier. But I’m sure there are many other recruited athletes who have amazing grades/test scores and could’ve gotten into an Ivy without having that hook.