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June 27, 2013, 11:15am
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<p>OP, you already know that Swarthmore offers excellent academics. It is also worth noting that some 20% of Swarthmore students are varsity athletes. (The number of students who participate in club and intramural sports is comparable.) Athletes at Swarthmore are true student-athletes, and many also take part in extracurriculars in addition to their sports. </p>
<p>An post by interesteddad has some useful numbers about athletic recruiting and admissions.<br>
The acceptance rate for recruited athletes is very high, but that’s in large part because the pool of recruited athletes has already been culled before applications are submitted. The coaches have advised potential recruits whether it’s even worth applying and recruits have advised the coaches whether there is any chance they would attend if accepted.</p>
<p>Yield is for non-tipped recruited athletes is about the same as for the overall first year class. Yield is somewhat higher for tipped recruits.</p>
<p>Here are the stats for this year’s senior class:</p>
<p>254 applications from recruited athletes (after culling)</p>
<p>213 of those were deemed “admissable” (with or without athletic consideration)</p>
<p>167 were accepted (18% of acceptances)
<p>89 enrolled (23% of class)
<p>Of the 89 recruited athletes in the class of 2009, 49 were rated as an athletic 1 (potential all-american) or 2 (potential 4-year starter or similar impact player).</p>
<p>All this data was from the 2006 periodic review of the athletic programs that used to be available on the website but doesn’t seem to be now. I saved the PDF.
Here is the entire thread: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/swarthmore/569974-recruited-athlete-edge.html[/url] ”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/swarthmore/569974-recruited-athlete-edge.html</a></p> ;
<p>If you have not done so already, be sure to contact the coach soon. Good luck.</p>