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...problems stem from the fact that likely letters are generated based on a spoken commitment exchanged by coaches and athletes. Though the majority of Ivy recruits keep their word, some players and parents make multiple verbal commitments, often because coaches pressure them to make a decision prematurely. This pressure leads to all sorts of dirty gamesmanship between schools. For instance, some coaches offer likely letters with an arbitrary deadline in order to force a decision from an athlete or only if a player cancels an official visit or withdraws an application to another school. Other coaches ignore verbal commitments altogether...
Because most recruits and their parents enter the process ignorant of the Ivy system, they are vulnerable to its pitfalls. Last year, a recruit was assured by a Dartmouth coach that his early decision application looked “very good” and told that he should turn down an offer from Notre Dame. “Tell them you have committed to Dartmouth,” the coach advised in early October. In December, Dartmouth sent a rejection letter. Stunned, the player’s family sought an explanation from admissions and the coach. Each party blamed...
...arts. “It’s useful to know that there’s opportunity and possibility for a career that pays bills and is really creatively stimulating,” says Baum. “It is true that theater companies don’t recruit at the Charles Hotel or the Inn at Harvard and buy everyone lunch. While it takes a certain amount of industriousness to find your own way, it really is possible — particularly in Los Angeles...
...athletic scholarships. It has won a number of NCAA championships—just take a look at the historic run the fencing team made this year—but seems to be mired in the middle of the national pack in many of the major sports.And finally, the school recruits some of the nation’s top athletes, but until they make an impact on the field, court, track, or ice, they seldom come up during breakfast-table discussions. Our feature today notwithstanding, they too rarely show up in the pages of our very own breakfast-table daily.Outside...
Scarry says the dinner was planned with the approval of the English Department, which initially hoped to recruit Pinker for itself...