<p>OP - just as an example, in our high school, the olympic qualifier did NOT get into Stanford. He did get into Berkeley though. Couple years back, again another national level (top 20 and olympic qualifier) got into Princeton and not Stanford. It just depends on what the swim coaches are looking to fill…what events etc. But essentially you have to have olympic trial timings. Yes, and I believe GPA/SAT have to be up there…maybe they will cut you some slack…but still in the ball park :)</p>
<p>Ok…and to add on, the folks who got into Cal and Princeton had regional MVP awards and all kinds of State level record holders. check out some of the profiles here <a href=“http://www.gostanford.com/sports/w-swim/mtt/stan-w-swim-mtt.html[/url]”>http://www.gostanford.com/sports/w-swim/mtt/stan-w-swim-mtt.html</a> (click on the names)
Very impressive…a lot of them are internationally placed…(and Junior national champions, members of the U.S. Junior National Team )</p>