Ivy League Colleges Still Within Reach?

Vaust
Fri, 18 Mar 2011 00:41:25 +0000

Thanks for the reply! Yes, he definitely needs to work on his SATs. Hopefully he can get a 2100+ by the end of junior year. A 3.5 GPA doesn’t sound too good but I’m guessing that’s what his unweighted GPA is, which is a downer since most Ivy League bound students have unweighted GPAs of 3.7+.

Do you think it’s still possible to get into a school like Yale or Harvard with scores like these though or should be turn his head toward schools like Tufts or NYU? Keep in mind that he’s a pretty solid soccer player; he’s not nationally ranked or anything but he plays for a good club team and leads his high school team in goals.

Another question. Do ECs play a large factor for athletes? Would college coaches want student athletes to be focused on their sport rather than volunteering for 200 hours?