This is not entirely true about the Ivies with regards to class rank.Depending upon the talent of the player and the extent to which the coach wants them they do not have to be in the top 10% of the class. It all depends on how strong of an athlete they are as to what they need to have for GPA , class rank and overall AI.
Overall AI is all that matters. A player's AI incorporates, GPA, test scores, class rank, etc. Have son at IVY now.
You people are all sick, go have another eggnog and relax. This 2017 class is by far the most pretentious, self absorbed group on this forum. Stop with all this Ivy garbage. Hand full of kids will go to the Ivies from this class. Half will flunk out, because academically they don't belong there. Another 25% will barely see the field and barely get by in the classroom. The other 24% will transfer out after the first year. That leaves 1% that will see the field and hack it in the classroom. Stop with all the brand names and wishing for something that isn't so. Some 65 to 70% of all non-athlete applicants to these schools have perfect SAT's and the highest gpa attainable in their HS. If your son isn't at that level academically it's not a good fit. He will struggle.
Said the guy who's kid hasn't a chance at a good state school, never mind an IVY.
News flash for ya buddy...there are actually many kids each year who fill those 10 slots per school and do very well.
Care to publish the "source" of your quoted statistics, or did you pull them out of your ....?
Perhaps you've had enough egg nog...but not enough to drown out the shame of having a kid who isn't living up to your expectations? Put that under your tree, Scrooge!
LOL. You are lecturing to that guy, and you don't know the difference between "who's" and "whose"?
Let me guess - you went to a SUNY school, right? LOL.
