gettin into stanford through sports

tennisfan123
Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:05:54 +0000

Sorry, but I am wondering…

Do athletes need “glowing” or “amazing” letter-of-rec’s as well? What if their GPA’s (3.5-3.6) are low from taking rigorous course loads during their Junior year since it’s hard to maintain a high UW GPA and devote their time to their sport? Also, I would like to have some first-hand experience\answers for this question concerning myself and a couple friends: Would a stanford athlete still be eligible for admission if he or she had an academic disciplinary problem? My friend and I play different sports but we got into an academic debacle near the end of our junior years since we were arrogant enough to try and handle rigorous course loads and devote time to our sport. Of course though, there are no excuses for this kind of behavior.

thanks for everyone elses other replies