<p>“I’m not sure playing football at Chicago is all that much of a hook. The coach can send a letter of support, but does not get to choose players.”</p>
<p>While this is true, I’ve also heard a lot about Chicago making a real effort to diversify applicants and this includes recruiting heavily for sports. I know the coach of my track team was aggressively recruiting a lot of kids, so their admissions priorities might have shifted in recent years (or for one particular year, if they lost a large number of seniors for example).</p>