Harvard Prospective Athlete???

BKSquared
Wed, 27 Sep 2017 14:16:59 +0000

Hard to decipher your question. If you are not officially offered a recruit spot, I do know that Harvard coaches will write support letters for athletes they like but who missed the cut for a slot. How much influence that has probably depends on the coach/sport and his/her relationship with the AO. It certainly won’t hurt, but don’t count it as a major factor in your favor. I doubt that your AI is a separate consideration. I believe the AI calculation for sports (the rules pertaining to the AI of recruited athletes relative to the general student body) only applies to recruited athletes, not walk-ons. Otherwise, a coach would not have to use a high AI recruit to offset a low AI recruit (which undoubtedly happens) by filling his/her roster with high AI walk-ons.

Your stat’s make you competitive. If you don’t apply your chances are 0. Just make sure you have your other app’s for reaches, matches and safeties in good shape, and make good use of EA options and rolling admissions to possibly cut down your list by RD deadlines.