How much does athlete recruitment "actually" help?

seniors2008
Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:11:22 +0000

I have a friend who is currently a recruited athlete at Columbia. She was well outside the top 25% of the class, and I believe her ACT scores were a few points below the 25% mark. She applied early decision and recieved a likely letter. From what she’s told me, almost every single recruitment spot is taken in the early decision round. Another friend of mine was a recruited athlete at Brown. She said the requirements for recruitment were that the athletes needed to have an average of 1800 on their SAT’s. Ivy League coaches aren’t allowed to say “you’re in”, but if he hasn’t actually told you that you are one of his limited number of recruits, you will not get the same benefit.