a U. Chicago coach who’s been there for a long long time, is quoted talking about getting in recruited athletes. Chicago no longer is this rigid in recruiting (they used to be like MIT, but no longer).
"Reclaiming the Game"2003 by Bowen and Levin “If one of her potential recruits ranks something like twelfth in a good school and Chicago may be truning down the fourth and fifth-ranked, students, they are unlikely to take her candidate.” Page 68.
chicago no longer is this limited (same coach still there) but human nature says ranked kids applying to Ivies likely undergo similar scrutiny.