Recruiting

Colleges & Universities Dartmouth College
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<p>How much influence would a coach who is recruiting you actually have on admissions?
If someone’s a long shot and a coach really wants them, are they likely to get in?</p>

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<p>depends how much of an academic long shot one is, it depends on how much the coach wants you (are you his #1 recruit) and it depends on which sport you play (is it a revenue producing sport- i don’t know if there is such a thing at dartmouth).</p>

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<p>i think that even if they really, really want you–you still have to be in one of the ai bands.</p>

<p>what sport?</p>

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<p>crew.
I’m not a super long shot, but my gpa is definitely a little low (3.6).</p>

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<p>i think the ai is a combination of gpa and test scores and class rank. . however, talk to the coach–i think there is a recruiting form you can fill out on line at dartmouth.edu.</p>

<p>good luck</p>

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<p><a href=“http://www.thedartmouth.com/article.php?aid=2004051301040&sheadline=admissions&sauthor=&stext=[/url]”>http://www.thedartmouth.com/article.php?aid=2004051301040&sheadline=admissions&sauthor=&stext=&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>A 3.6 really isn’t terrible, although it does depend on your class rank. I have definitely met several athletes here who got a pretty big push. Crew is fairly high profile too, so I would say as long as your SAT isn’t horrible too, if the coach wants you, you’re in.</p>

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<p>i am posting this link to provide you with some background on the academic index. i didn’t look for the specifics for crew, but recruited athletes must fall into one of the ai bands. even if the coach really wants you, your ai must meet their requirements.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.dartmouth.edu/~news/releases/2004/12/27.html[/url]”>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~news/releases/2004/12/27.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>The athletic admissions process in the Ivy League is governed by a wide range of policies and regulations. The central feature in this regulation is the academic index (AI). This is a measure consisting of three parts using the high school rank or GPA, combined with the highest SAT I scores, combined with the three highest SAT II scores. All Ivy schools are obligated to use the exact same methodology in calculating AIs. In admitting students who are recruited as athletes in one of the 33 “Ivy championship” sports, each school has numerical limits (depending on the number of sports it offers), and an AI goal that is a function of the mean AI for its entire student body (i.e., four classes). The AI goal is one standard deviation from this mean. Most Ivy schools have very similar AI targets. Because the eight Ivy student bodies have slightly different profiles, their AI targets are very similar but not identical. In addition, there is a minimum AI, or floor, below which schools cannot admit an athlete without special dispensation from the League.
Football is the most closely monitored sport in the Ivy League. Given the range of competitive pressures surrounding football, it is monitored through a more detailed system of AI bands, or ranges, with very specific numerical limits on the number of football recruits that may be enrolled in each AI band. There are four bands corresponding to: class mean AI -1 S.D., 1 S.D.-2 S.D., 2 S.D. -2.5 S.D., and 2.5 S.D. - the Ivy AI floor. An average 30 football recruits may be enrolled each year distributed 8, 13, 7, 2 across the four bands top to bottom. No more than 120 recruited players may be enrolled over four years. Every Ivy school is obligated by the same system. This is an attempt to create a "level playing field"in terms of admissions standards.</p>

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<p>Thanks, that’s helpful.</p>

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<p>Furstenberg is anti-athletics. He did the same thing at Wesleyan before moving on to Dartmouth. He should consider U of Chicago or Columbia where
student athletes have never figured into the equation.</p>

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<p>Thanks for your opinion.</p>