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Yes. This thread needs to focus on the OP
Our D was recruited by multiple Ivies (but not Princeton) in another sport. 2 head coaches were very specific with us about this. They explained that if they made an offer it was “full support with admissions” and for the athletes told the above, there was no support. Get in on your own merit and we will put you on our team but they couldn’t help with admissions.
Good luck, it’s a tough choice you are facing but ultimately it’s a great spot to be in.
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I second this, and think that contacting a dozen schools is too few, especially if you are going to pass up an ED commitment and instead reserve that option for Princeton.
Coaches talk to many and dump many. They have very few admission slots. Some are ruthless. Try to get as many suitors as you can, even if you decide to pass on Princeton and are willing to apply ED to a school that will commit to you.
(PS: I also went to Princeton, but one poster did mention that U Chicago is academically-equivalent, and I agree. The locations are far different, and I know little about the U Chicago vibe, but academically it is cerainly Ivy-equivalent. The reason it is not in the Ivy League is that it is D3 and was too far a train trip in the 1950’s when the Ivy League was formed.
I’ve been told differently regarding this. Not only do I know numerous fuming classmates who stopped donating when their kids were rejected, but a friend offered a gift of $5-million almost 20 years ago with the string attached that they accept their academically-qualified child (solid, but imperfect, somewhat below average compared to the rest of the applicant pool), and that donation was turned down. Obviously oral and anecdotal, but I think that donations need to be in the Meg Whitman range, indexed to inflation, to make a difference.
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Accepted legacy kids from, what I have seen (in the last several years at least), are overwhelmingly extremely competitive in the overall pool. That “tip” is not going to close a gap, but will break a tie against some other equally strong unhooked kid.
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