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...student falling below the presumptive floor, an Ivy school must justify the decision to the entire League on the basis of extenuating academic discrepancies or character strengths of the applicant. According to Fitzsimmons, this rarely happens and schools tend to stop considering an applicant if his or her AI score is below the presumptive floor...
Though intentionally vague on the details, Fitzsimmons stresses that it was “a personal qualities case” and that the candidate’s AI score was not representative of actual work done or potential growth because said applicant hailed from a rural area and had transferred schools which affected his class rank. In addition, this particular student showed “reassuring test scores” and “sounded extraordinary...
...general, though, the impression is that AI scores really aren’t a problem when it comes to the types of students Harvard attracts. Coach Sullivan points out that no player for Harvard currently is below a 180 AI score and that most are well over 200. As further proof of Harvard’s commitment to academic excellence, Sullivan notes that Harvard has had the highest AI average for men’s basketball in the League in recent memory...
Harvard’s ability to recruit quality athletes who are also intelligent and capable students stems from the recruiting process itself. Harvard football, according to Head Coach Tim Murphy, also has the highest AI average for recruits of any Ivy school. His positional coaches are responsible to covering one-sixth of the country and all together the program considers over 2000 applicants...
Despite this seemingly large number of prospective students, Murphy points to the Ivy-best AI index as proof that “Harvard Football has the smallest pool of football recruits in the nation because we have the highest academic standards in the nation...