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...Crimson needs a loss from Ivy leader Princeton, and the winner of the upcoming Brown-Dartmouth game to lose to a lower-tier Ivy team. The Crimson is fourth in the region and in the Ivy. It will need to remain there to receive serious consideration from the selection committee...
...title race. Barring any major upsets, the winner of next week's Brown-Dartmouth showdown will end up sharing the title with Princeton. Any scenario with the Crimson still maintaining the share of the title involves Princeton losing to Penn and the Brown-Dartmouth winner losing to a lower-tier Ivy team...
...once you leave the top tier of schools, things change. Applicants are accepted based solely on their athletic prowess. Money also becomes a concern: schools stand to make a lot of dough from tournament appearances and general success on the field. Coaches and scouts wait anxiously by the phone, praying that the objects of their lust meet the NCAA's requirements for eligibility...
With only two league matches left before the end of the regular season, the Crimson needs to break into the top tier of the Ivy pack. Trying to break through from the bottom four to the top four teams would guarantee a choice seed in the Ivy Tournament...
...That's one reason why kids who apply for early decision have a leg up. But for all applicants, it's unwise to skip a college's visit to your high school or, as a Rice applicant did, to ask an alumni interviewer if Rice was just a "second-tier" institution. As with most interactions a student has with a college, this one was duly noted. The interviewer wrote, "I don't think Rice should accept...