4thelove and others -
I highly advise anyone 2-3 years out from the college process to start doing your homework. If your dd is serious about trying to get a college scholarship, you owe it to her to understand the process. You also need to start researching colleges to see what the specific academic entry requirements are as well as what the different school's financial aid/scholarship policies are. For example, in your post above you mention a fencer being offered a scholarship to Yale (I assume you mean an athletic scholarship). Well, that is wrong; Yale (and the rest of the Ivy's) do not offer scholarships based on athletic ability, nor do they offer scholarships based on academic merit. The Ivy's offer ONLY need-based financial aid. You have to do your research as it can definitely help to focus your efforts on the right (or wrong) schools to be pursuing.
Good Luck.
I do know Ivy Leagues do not offer scholarships. My husband went to one as an athletic recruit and we have researched this when my son was looking at colleges. I guess I was not thinking when I wrote the post. Anyway I texted my son as I was certain now I may have recalled the details incorrectly. Sure enough, I did. I think I mixed up two situations. Anyway, the school was Notre Dame and the score was 1600. The Yale recruit was a different story.
But I am a little confused, bookworm states
"...the gymnast that didn't get in because kids in her high school with higher SATs didn't get in...if your daughter had applied to Stanford this same year as your son and had SATs of say 2200 (which are good) she wouldn't have gotten in because they rejected your son with higher SATs from the same school, athletic prowess aside..."
LMV states:
"The conference sets a floor for athletes and those falling below the floor are not eligible to be recruited/admitted. Beyond that the schools require the teams to have average AIs within a standard deviation of the AIs of all students. They can't admit below the floor threshold but they also can't admit a class full of those hovering right above that floor, so the coaches are in a bit of a balancing act with athletic prowess and academics."
If I understand it correctly bookworm is stating a athletic recruit must meet all the standards/requirements of any other student going to that school, which in my experience may be true. My son had a decent SAT and his GPA was a hair short of 100%. The two kids that got in had 2400 SAT and a GPA of 104%. Neither was going to play sports but had other impressive things in their resume (which I know Stanford likes). My son was going to play sports (though he is not a blue chip) and the HC couldn't offer him anything except he offered to submit a letter to admissions indicating he was interested in having my son play for his team should he get it. (at least he told us he did send the letter).
On the hand, LMV is stating the conference has a FLOOR FOR ATHLETES. So is this floor different from regular admissions? It appears from the aspiring Notre Dame fencer, she was given an accommodation. I am hard pressed to believe Notre Dame would accept non athletes with a 1600 SAT. So, it appears LMV's post makes sense. And then again, the HC clearly told my son "if you get in" he wanted him on his team.
I am probably all over the place in my thoughts. We are not looking into Ivies for my gymnast. We are just looking everywhere. For regular colleges, do you think they make accommodations on admissions for their scholarship athletes? If a scholarship is not being offered then all the rules of admission applies?
For those who received verbal commitments, how many do you know where rescinded for whatever reason?