<p>My question is – do elite boarding schools admit athletes even if their SSATs and grades are below average (like 50th percentile in SSATs and B/C student)? Any experience with this issue would be appreciated.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t think it would make a huge diffrence unless you are per say a a vituoso in what ever sport you play, and their team needs and exceptional player. Most hades schools accept people within the mid 80-99 percentile</p>
<p>No, they usually don’t.</p>
<p>I highly doubt that they do.</p>
<p>No they do not…however some schools do like Salibury and Avon and Vermont Academy, and Millbrook…as I know students who got in without sending in SSATS and who were placed 2 grade levels behind…unethical in some opinions…also rolling admissions and accepted in August and given financial aid when parents were loaded.</p>
<p>im pretty sure many schools do if their team needs it. someone on this forum had SSAT scores below 50 and went to Exeter for lax</p>
<p>that would have been me DEtrombone</p>
<p>but i also played two others and had all a’s, 47% SSAT
half FA</p>
<p>So…I am interested in your story Lax4545. Did you talk to the ADs about the sport(s) and did you know that you were being recruited primarily as an athlete? I have low SSATs, Bs, but have great ECs and am a very good athlete (captain on all teams, select teams, etc). I have talked to the ADs and head coaches at all these schools, but still am not sure if I have “a shot.” What happened with you?</p>
<p>here ill send you a message db123</p>
<p>Please Pm me to lax4545 i would be interested in knowing what happened to cause you to get in.</p>
<p>the reality is they do
the schools hate to admit it but they will always take an athletic kid if you can help them on the field
all you need is Bs then your fine
honestly i got guaranteed a spot at a school
i have no business going to
but i have pretty good ssat 89%
there are two spots at the school for junior year and both are going to athletes and 75 kids are applying probably all with better grades then me</p>
<p>i dont know about you but if you play on all state teams
and state champs</p>
<p>then they will take you </p>
<p>also i am friends with some of the puckheads at choate they are soooo dumb </p>
<p>again another example and the kids who say that it doesnt matter
just either dont know about the schools or are blind</p>
<p>i dont know if its true… but when i talked to the football coaches, they said most defintaly can they help. ik a senior who went to andover just on football, and i plan on going next year… I played varsity this year as a soph</p>
<p>i had a c this year but it was in honors spanish 3… I have a’s in all my other honor classes. Im applying as a repeat sophmore, do u think it can hurt my chances. o btw i have a 95 ssat, and great GREAT recs</p>
<p>they do - but how good are you??</p>
<p>Are you in contact with the coach? Do they want you? If this is yes and yes, then they can probably get you in… or have some pull at least. But this isn’t college guys, they can’t GIVE you anything. They hope. But it normally ends up going well for both parties.</p>
<p>okay, this si what i found out after i just talked with a coach at one of the hades</p>
<p>THEY CAN PULL FOR U, they talk to the admission office, and baiscally talk about how good u can be for the team and school nd w.e also the coaches will also sell u out to the school. they can’t get u in but can help. it doenst help if u have crappy grades tho, then its a flat out no no. </p>
<p>btw- just wanted to hear ur opinions</p>
<p>this is what the coach told me, well i called him after i sent the tape to see if he got it. He said he was about to call me. He said my level of playing is def. a plus at his school and said quote "I would love to see you in a *** (wont say school) uniform for the next three years. then he said he can’t get me in like 100 percent, but has a good pull at admissions as long as my grades arent crap. which they arent</p>
<p>soooo what u guys think</p>
<p>yeah sounds goods</p>
<p>congrats</p>
<p>thats what coach said that like if they get the go ahead from admissions then they promise you a spot as long as you keep your grades up for the rest of the year</p>