Interesting news about the kid who just de-committed from UMD and is heading to Dartmouth. Clearly, Dartmouth needed to see additional indications of academic potential than what was ok for UMD. This could be a new trend - kids who were not academically eligible for the IVYs in 9th or 10th but became so in 11th or 12th and jumpiing ship for a better piece of paper.
If by "better piece of paper", you mean scholarship dollars, remember that the Ivy League does not have athletic scholarships. (You did know that, didn't you?) If you are talking about the overall quality of the academics, we agree.
