It is a sliding scale depending on your priority as a recruit, the coach’s relationship with admissions and your sport’s priority at the school. Ask direct questions of the coaches recruiting you. They do this dance time and time again. There is nothing wrong with asking “Can you tell me what your success rate is in getting supported recruits with stats like mine through admissions?” My son did not look too closely at Middlebury, but he did like Amherst. The coach there certainly projected a great deal of confidence in his ability to read admissions. But again, a lot depends on your specific circumstances. If you are at the point where you have a relationship with some of the coaches recruiting you, ask them. See what they say.