[Mick]

[quote author=OutsiderFan link=topic=14748.msg159153#msg159153 date=1458742762]
Wait, Harvard now has lower entrance requirements for hoopsters than Stanford?

It never had higher entrance requirements; they have definitely come down.  We have had football recruits who did not get through admissions subsequently enroll at Harvard.

BC
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That's a little bit of a specious argument.  The recruit that Stanford turns down is unlikely to be a top-level Stanford recruit, whereas that same recruit for Harvard will be their best or second best recruit of the season.  The Ivy League has agreed upon a single set of averages grades and test scores that are binding across the Ivy League.  But within those averages, each has leeway to take one a recruit or two per year that are lower than the mean, as well as recruits that are considerably higher than the mean.  So I wouldn't draw any broad conclusions from a single prospect.

[Mick]

[quote author=OutsiderFan link=topic=14748.msg159153#msg159153 date=1458742762]
Wait, Harvard now has lower entrance requirements for hoopsters than Stanford?

It never had higher entrance requirements; they have definitely come down.  We have had football recruits who did not get through admissions subsequently enroll at Harvard.

BC
[/quote]

That's a little bit of a specious argument.  The recruit that Stanford turns down is unlikely to be a top-level Stanford recruit, whereas that same recruit for Harvard will be their best or second best recruit of the season.  The Ivy League has agreed upon a single set of averages grades and test scores that are binding across the Ivy League.  But within those averages, each has leeway to take one a recruit or two per year that are lower than the mean, as well as recruits that are considerably higher than the mean.  So I wouldn't draw any broad conclusions from a single prospect.