Will elite d1 schools like patriot league schools and elite d3 schools be willing to lower their standards to admit a kid w/ a class rank outside the top 25% and a gpa under 3.7? Say top 40% and 3.6?
Assuming they would make an impact.
1600-4:27 3200:9:40 5k-16:20
I'd appreciate specific names of elite schools that you believe would be very lenient on athletes, thanks!
I was a 1:55-800/4:28-1600 runner in high school and I walked on to one of the lesser Patriot league teams. Your times at some schools wouldn't really require lowering admit requirements, just inquiring to the coaches about walking on. Some of these teams are Holy Cross, Loyola, Colgate, and Lafayette. Times like that won't get you on a Navy or a Bucknell but not many people can. Now obviously you have to get into these schools first but past that I think you'd be fine if you email coaches and improve on your times (What grade are you going into?)
I run at UDM in the horizon league. Your times would fit in well there. We have a pretty good CC team for a smaller D1 school. It takes a 1:51 to win the 800 in the HL and a 1:53 to score. Sounds like it would be good for you. You would also get a tremendous amount of academic and athletic scholarship im sure.
thanks, im going into senior year, im worried that my scores and grades wont be enough to get into loyola, colgate, or lafayette
They already do.
Some schools will do some things to help athletes get in, who otherwise would not be accepted, but for someone to be in that kind of range they would probably need to be faster.
The times listed are typical DI recruit times, but there are a lot of sub 4:30 milers out there. For a coach to go out of his way to get someone in to a school the athlete would probably have to be some one who the coach thinks could win the conference as a freshmen or sophomore.
Also consider that a lot of schools will bend a little on the requirements, but I don't think most would go more than one standard deviation outside the norm on academic performance, regardless of athletic prowess.
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