<p>I have a friend who looks like he will be getting into Georgetown for soccer. His SAT scores are 1120 of 1600. He took easy classes in high school and is not particularly bright. Will he have a rough time trying to keep up academically, considering that in every class he takes he will be surrounded by kids with 1450s?</p>
<p>should not fail out. Recruited athletes have academic advisors that steer them to the less competitive classes and majors within their Universities. There is generally also a mandatory study hall for at least freshman year, adjusted to the athlete’s GPA as time goes on.</p>
<p>To find the less competitive majors, just look up the popular majors among football players. At UCLA, it was generally Sociology. At some schools, when the football players are announced before the game, the most popular major at some schools is “undergraduate studies”, whatever that is :)</p>
<p>Of course my comments are particular to lower statted athletes. Some athletes, Cross Country comes to mind, might have higher GPA than the average student and have Physics as a popular major.</p>
<p>Your question actually has a tremendous amount of relevance as regards non-athlete, URM or Legacy lower statted applicants. There is not the same support structure for non-athletes, and therefore an admitted lower statted URM or Legacy will generally be in a world of hurt.</p>