Rank Ivy leugue colleges.

Columbia men won Heps XC, no?

C/M Runner wrote:

Coaches only have so much pull with the admissions office. They might give admissions a list of kids to keep an eye out for if they apply, but it is no guarantee they'll get in.

You have no idea what you are talking about. Being recruited is a HUGE advantage. Yes, the coaches don't admit them but at some schools they basically do (as they admit on AI).

I coached for 10 years in the Ivy League and feel like I should start a college counseling service.

OP, if you need advice, feel free to shoot me an email, I'd be happy to help you understand the college admissions and recruiting process.

To be honest, I'd say if you are a priority of a coach, your odds for admissions are very similar at all of the schools.

But it does depend on individual circumstances. I've seen people not get in Cornell who end up at Harvard.

rojo wrote:

You have no idea what you are talking about. Being recruited is a HUGE advantage. Yes, the coaches don't admit them but at some schools they basically do (as they admit on AI).

Maybe it was different at Cornell than at Harvard when I got recruited, but that was what I was told by my former coach at the time.

Or wrote:

Columbia men won Heps XC, no?

Yes, but at indoor and outdoor Heps, Princeton yielded the stronger crop of distance runners IMHO. Also, Princeton finished higher at NCAAs XC in the team standings than Columbia (22nd vs 25th).

MIT is not an ivy league college, and is not even in the realm of cornell, princeton,any ivy school in terms of XC.