11-06-2013, 03:23 PM
The comment about the Ivies maintaining its standards while Stanford alters them significantly brings to mind an event of a few years ago.
A great friend (whose son I recruited to Stanford, albeit without needing to try hard) had a second son who projected as a possible D-1 defensive back. His brother and I notified them both that the second son's 3.05 and 1075 SAT probably doomed his chances of admission to Stanford. I assumed that his chances of admissions to any Ivy were worse.
Not at all. He was actively recruited by Harvard, Yale, and Princeton (yes, they do recruit.) He was assured admissions by two of the schools and eventually admitted to Harvard, where he played for three years.Â
Several Ivy schools are passionate about football and unwilling to field teams comprised of 3.8 and better studentss if it means losing seasons. Unless something has changed since 2011, it appears the Ivies relax their standards considerably and perhaps even as much or more than Stanford.Â
A great friend (whose son I recruited to Stanford, albeit without needing to try hard) had a second son who projected as a possible D-1 defensive back. His brother and I notified them both that the second son's 3.05 and 1075 SAT probably doomed his chances of admission to Stanford. I assumed that his chances of admissions to any Ivy were worse.
Not at all. He was actively recruited by Harvard, Yale, and Princeton (yes, they do recruit.) He was assured admissions by two of the schools and eventually admitted to Harvard, where he played for three years.Â
Several Ivy schools are passionate about football and unwilling to field teams comprised of 3.8 and better studentss if it means losing seasons. Unless something has changed since 2011, it appears the Ivies relax their standards considerably and perhaps even as much or more than Stanford.Â