So I'm A Recruited Athlete...

2924SW
Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:43:24 +0000

i know the stats matter, but from what I read in one of those college admissions books—and I think it is true based on our experience with 2 kids being recruited athletes—the presumptions seem different. if the coach wants you, adcom wants to let you in, but you have to make the grade. The potential problem is of having scores that are not good enough to make the grade for getting in, rather than having to have the best scores of any applicant, because most athletes won’t have the best scores of any applicant (even if they are megabrilliant, they would not have top scores of any applicant because they would not have had time to get best scores on all tests and be top of their sport) and if they do have tippy top scores then the coach doesn’t even need to weigh in on your admission and spend his chits on you—adcom wants to let you in and you have to make the cut, but they are not weighing your ACT scores against another kid’s to see whose are best. I also think there is some averaging in the sense that if player #1 on a team has scores/grades/AI that is a little low, it can be balanced by another player’s.
Also, you will know if you are the top recruit for your coach.
Tho–that status can probably change a lot.