Ivy League Football Academic Bands
Football recruits in the Ivy League have a slightly different set of rules than recruits in the other sports. An Ivy League football coach can recruit up to 30 players and those recruits must fall into...
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Track and Field Recruiting Standards in the Ivy League
“I run the 400 and the 800, how fast do I have to be to get recruited at Dartmouth? (or Brown or Harvard, etc.)” I hear variations of this question a lot. The typical answer is to check the roster and...
View ArticleDoes Signing the NLI Guarantee Admission?
Signing the National Letter of Intent, or NLI, means your long recruiting journey is finally over and you have a rock-solid commitment from the school, right? Unfortunately, no. The NLI is a binding,...
View ArticleWhen Colleges Compete, You Win!
Athletic recruiting at the selective Tier 1 colleges comes down to 2 things: admissions support and an acceptable financial aid offer. The likelihood of achieving both of those is greatly increased if...
View ArticleHarvard vs. Yale Football 2014
“The Game”. The ancient rivalry actually meant something this year with Yale coming into the game 8-1 and Harvard undefeated, the Ivy League title was on the line. The game didn’t disappoint, Harvard...
View ArticleStudent Athletes and Ethics – Watch Your Step
“Dartmouth Student-Athletes Accused of Cheating in Sports Ethics Class” – the headline is all over the national news right now. Commenters are piling-on. bemoaning the lack of virtue and honor in the...
View ArticlePushing Back Against the NLI
A high school football player named Roquan Smith made news when he refused to sign the National Letter of Intent with UCLA, opting instead to take a football scholarship with Georgia without signing...
View ArticleApproach Your Recruiting as You Approach Your Sport
It’s easy to get caught up in the details of athletic recruiting. We calculate our academic index, compare our times, distances etc with the current college roster, carefully construct an introductory...
View ArticleDoes Ivy League Coach Support Always Mean a Likely Letter?
The Likely Letter, it’s the Grail for athletes that are recruited in the Ivy League. It’s a formal, written communication from the admissions office that states that you will be admitted as long as you...
View ArticleNew SAT test and the Academic Index in the Ivy League
The new 2016 SAT test goes into effect this spring and the question is how it will change the Academic Index calculation for Ivy League athletes. According to the College Board, the new test will...
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