Truth About Recruiting at Elite Schools?

SwimDad99
Mon, 12 Jun 2017 21:26:18 +0000

No natural bias here in favor of Stanford. I’m a Hoosier living in Virginia with a son heading off to Williams College in the fall. My sister went to Notre Dame.

As for Stanford, I get your point about ND and, especially, Duke which is nearly tippy top. One argument in favor of Stanford is that --per one (perhaps flawed) source – Stanford dominates among cross admits (students admitted to both universities pick Stanford by better than 4:1). Yes, top academic bballers go to Duke. But Stanford supports 36 varsity sports and would win head-to-head with Duke in most of them. Also Stanford’s only real academic peers are top Ivies, and none of those can consistently compete with Stanford in any major sport.

But I concede that there is room for debate.