Likely Letters and athletes academic stats -- reality and myths

Athletic Recruits
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<p>^ do u have stats for the other skiers from those colleges?</p>

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<p>Sport: Football
ACT:23
Courseload: no honors, but at rigorous independent prep school
GPA: 3.0
Scout.com ranked
likely letter to Patriot League school</p>

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<p>hilldweller’s post re: LL to patriot school illustrates what it takes to get athletes to attend schools w/o scholarships. Those act/gpa scores alone would not get that student into many schools, and it is likely that his athletic ability was not high enough to go D1 elsewhere. Lower the academic requirements, Increase the tuition paid, likely lower the athletic ability, and you’ve got a good formula for a patriot athlete (if indeed these stats are accurate).</p>

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<p>Hilldweller’s football player does seem to be an outlier on the Patriot League Academic Index. Does football have its own standard?</p>

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<p>Yes, generally football and hockey have much lower standards.</p>

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<p>My son was recently at a Patriot League session and the football coach said the GPA minimum standard is a 3.0 and 1000 on SATs.</p>

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<p>Harvard(swimming), not my S
GPA: low 90s, some advanced courses
SATs 2100 on the button
No other ECs, but swam at States from our public HS for 4 years in multiple events, 3rd in one, 5th in another, and other triumphs of which I am not totally aware.
Headed for Olympic trials this summer…</p>

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<p>Bump… anyone have any other tennis stats?</p>