Does someone know with certainty whether Ivy Leagues guarantee acceptances to a junior, yet alone tell them they’re getting a full ride?
I’ve never heard of Ivies guaranteeing acceptance to Juniors…unless they are applying as early HS graduates. He could have likely letters from the Ivies…as an athlete.
It’s a cagey article. NOTE…says he has been accepted to 8 Ivies…and has 33 full ride scholarships…but it does NOT say that the Ivies gave him those scholarships.
Ivies give NO athletic scholarships…and need based aid is the only thing they offer. The financial aid forms for the 2018-2019 year are not even available for submission until October 1.
Simple answer is no. His family might not fully understand the difference between Ivy recruiting and other D1 schools. If he’s a strong student it wouldn’t be surprising that all the Ivy coaches recruited him. And depending on his family income, there is a strong possibility that the expected financial contribution would be $0. But, the Ivies do not guarantee acceptance or offer any “scholarships” to anyone without an application and financial aid forms and the process won’t be open for several months.
According to NBC News, his “impressive ACT score” was 25.
I don’t know how early likely letters can go out.
In practice, a student with a $0 EFC can know their cost at Ivies without applying for financial aid. However, they are only “full rides” (with zero loans) at some of those schools.
"And with a score of 25 on his ACT, no one was surprised at Jahmir’s success. " Am I missing something here?
Nothing in this story is correct. While there was talk of football moving to early recruiting (June signing period), that hasn’t happened. He is a 3 star recruit, and while impressive, it is not a 5 star recruit. A 25 ACT isn’t getting him into an Ivy. Ivies don’t even do reviews for Likely Letters until July 1, and don’t issue them until Oct.
I saw an interview with Richard Sherman’s (Stanford/Seattle Seahawks) mother who said he was at Stanford on a full merit scholarship, not a football scholarship. There is a lot of misunderstanding in the world.
I was having an extremely hard time believing any of it, but with the added knowledge of the ACT score being only a 25, it’s now impossible to believe. I’m guessing whoever wrote this never asked to see the letters/offers or did any verification at all. I hope this story dies quickly.
Well, it is high enough to put him above the AI floor , especially when combined with his very high GPA. It’s about a 1220 on the new SAT.
But obviously many of the “facts” in the coverage of this are inaccurate .
I also read the story of this High School Athlete on the NBC news yesterday. It is possible, although the article doesn’t allude to it , that he is a top pick for football. The article stated that his Mother is a single parent who is a Nurse. It is completely possible that this student will receive close to, or completely, a need based scholarship that will cover tuition at the Ivies. I would imagine that he might chose a non Ivy top ranked football University. You never know, He might end up at an Ivy for the education. I bet that if he is a talented football player, Alabama will figure out a way to pay him. Just kidding. I do wish this student the best.
If he goes to a FBS school (like Alabama, Clemson) he would get a full+ scholarship (tuition, r&b, books, and a stipend). It’s is very likely he will get one. If he is a junior, he hasn’t received any written offers for these yet.
Honors classes, good GPA, enough credit to graduate. decent SAT and ACT. Maybe the fuss is just that he is over a very low bar set for football recruits. He could get into college, but doubtful for the Ivies with just OK stats.
Good point @twoinanddone, I don’t know how the football recruiting process works. The article did state that he is eligible to graduate early.
yes, I know a student who was accepted to Penn Wharton as a high school junior. Student was a 3 Varsity athlete from a well known considered top 2 prep school.
Earning a 25 is an above average score on the ACT in most states. This student might even do better if he takes the test again. It doesn’t look like he needs to, if the story is accurate.
Eh. The top football recruits (who this kid is not) already have a ton of (informal) full-ride scholarship offers by this point in the recruiting cycle.
I’m not sure why this story is noteworthy.
I once saw a tweet by a mom celebrating her D’s score of 24. To her it was a big deal. It’s above the national average, and depending on the school you are coming from, it could be considered an excellent score. Though for the CC population, I can see how it is not impressive
June first is the first day coaches can contact prospective recruits.
Keep in mind that for many athletes, the score they need is 17-18. So 25 would far surpass the ‘normal’ D1 recruit’s.
It’s a trend on Twitter for the top football recruits to list their top choices among the schools that have contacted them. Then the other recruits retweet it. If you are a fan of a particular school you can beg the recruit to pick your program.
Not my thing, but I just read an article about it.
This kid has some great offers, of course nothing is in stone until signing day. This is the first year recruits will be able to sign early in December.
Here is his recruiting page on 247 Sports http://247sports.com/Player/Jahmir-Smith-46036511
He has a very nice offer list, they are predicting he ends up at Notre Dame.