...and Mr. Blanks did exactly what the trade is supposed to do.
He brought Harvard NCAA and Olympic glory.
In exchange he majored in Econ and Philosophy, did research for a top economist, and started a hedge fund with a classmate. He really took advantage of his opportunity.
Harvard has to be thrilled with their choice to admit him!
The system has been like this for at least 50 years. Plenty of runners (and football players) do this every year. Best example the Young twins picking Stanford, while Nico used the Addie Ritz strategy and went NAU.
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Exactly. It’s insane that she went to NAU
Don’t you have any children of your own to worry about?
Wrong! Like most schools, BYU has exactly zero announced commitments for the Class of 2026. Although sure, BYU may have a couple legacy girls in their back pocket like Lily Alder.
and Sara Vaughn is University of Colorado royalty yet her daughter Kiki chose NAU. its almost as if their daughters chose a school that fit THEM best, not just go to a school where their parents have ties. Good for them. That's also good parenting.
Good parenting is also caring about academics ...
School isn't for everyone. You don't know what Addy's grades are like, and sending her to a place like Stanford/UVA/UW/etc. is in fact not good parenting if that's not the academic level at which she operates.
School isn't for everyone. You don't know what Addy's grades are like, and sending her to a place like Stanford/UVA/UW/etc. is in fact not good parenting if that's not the academic level at which she operates.
Actually, we know her GPA as a soph was 4.0/4.33 from the Gatorade post, right here on this thread.
School isn't for everyone. You don't know what Addy's grades are like, and sending her to a place like Stanford/UVA/UW/etc. is in fact not good parenting if that's not the academic level at which she operates.
Actually, we know her GPA as a soph was 4.0/4.33 from the Gatorade post, right here on this thread.
Unless you think that info is a falsehood.
Who cares? Irrelevant if you’re planning on having a running career (if she’s not another Mary Cain) . Waste of a brain
Actually, we know her GPA as a soph was 4.0/4.33 from the Gatorade post, right here on this thread.
Unless you think that info is a falsehood.
Who cares? Irrelevant if you’re planning on having a running career (if she’s not another Mary Cain) . Waste of a brain
It's hilarious how a high school girl's choice of a school triggers some of you.
There are more than likely a lot of NAU grads that are doing better in life than many of you losers. And as someone mentioned earlier in the thread, a calculus class at NAU isn't going to be that disparate from a calculus class at a Tier 1.
are you all idiots? GPA is ~irrelevant to Stanford, it's all about test scores. there are tons of kids with 4.0s who aren't nearly smart enough to go there.
i know you all weren't smart enough to go there but please, try and use your brains next time. talkin' bout GPA lol. please. that noggin of yours. try using it next time.
Explain to me how taking a Calculus I class at NAU is different than taking a Calculus I class at Colorado? People just waste money on the name of the school on the diploma but there is no difference at all in education. The student gets out of it what he/she puts into it.
The Calculus professor at NAU is using the textbook; the Calculus professor at Stanford WROTE the textbook.
are you all idiots? GPA is ~irrelevant to Stanford, it's all about test scores. there are tons of kids with 4.0s who aren't nearly smart enough to go there.
i know you all weren't smart enough to go there but please, try and use your brains next time. talkin' bout GPA lol. please. that noggin of yours. try using it next time.
I realize life is not fair and many kids with 1600 SAT and 4.0 / 4.8 gpa with 12 AP courses and a national champ science project don't get into Stanford.
This thread though is about athletes.
4 min milers, fast swimmers, champion golfers, and strong armed quarterbacks get into Stanford with 1280 SAT, 3.3 / 3.6 and no AP courses. Not fair, but that is the system in place.
Colleges look at both GPA and test scores. In recent test optional period, GPA was enough. With required testing, 4.0 / 4.33 gpa is a pretty good indicator that a kid can make 1300 on SAT with proper preparation.
2.5 / 2.5 gpa indicates no matter how fast they are, Stanford not in their short term future.
So just looking at gpa does give you a very good idea what kind of student someone is.
Explain to me how taking a Calculus I class at NAU is different than taking a Calculus I class at Colorado? People just waste money on the name of the school on the diploma but there is no difference at all in education. The student gets out of it what he/she puts into it.
That would be true in an ideal world, but signaling matters. The "brand" name on an Ivy League degree will open doors even if the actual graduate is a bit of a moron.
That would be true in an ideal world, but signaling matters. The "brand" name on an Ivy League degree will open doors even if the actual graduate is a bit of a moron.
Yet losers like you continue to critique the school choices of others.
are you all idiots? GPA is ~irrelevant to Stanford, it's all about test scores. there are tons of kids with 4.0s who aren't nearly smart enough to go there.
i know you all weren't smart enough to go there but please, try and use your brains next time. talkin' bout GPA lol. please. that noggin of yours. try using it next time.
I realize life is not fair and many kids with 1600 SAT and 4.0 / 4.8 gpa with 12 AP courses and a national champ science project don't get into Stanford.
This thread though is about athletes.
4 min milers, fast swimmers, champion golfers, and strong armed quarterbacks get into Stanford with 1280 SAT, 3.3 / 3.6 and no AP courses. Not fair, but that is the system in place.
Colleges look at both GPA and test scores. In recent test optional period, GPA was enough. With required testing, 4.0 / 4.33 gpa is a pretty good indicator that a kid can make 1300 on SAT with proper preparation.
2.5 / 2.5 gpa indicates no matter how fast they are, Stanford not in their short term future.
So just looking at gpa does give you a very good idea what kind of student someone is.
Let me help out here with fresh information from the recruiting trail at Stanford. They are looking for academic rigor. They want to see 4-5 AP's per semester. Yes, they do care about your GPA, and yes, they do care if you are sub-8:50 or sub-10:10 and a national qualifier in XC, but their message was we want to see 4 more AP's your senior semester. That was the message, loud and clear. It's up to the kid if they want that workload or not and that is how Stanford determines offering an XC spot and potential scholarship.
Explain to me how taking a Calculus I class at NAU is different than taking a Calculus I class at Colorado? People just waste money on the name of the school on the diploma but there is no difference at all in education. The student gets out of it what he/she puts into it.
That would be true in an ideal world, but signaling matters. The "brand" name on an Ivy League degree will open doors even if the actual graduate is a bit of a moron.
You are right about Ivy signaling.
...but undergrad at NAU with 3.7 gpa
then MBA at Tuck Business School at Dartmouth ...
gives you exactly the same signaling and the same salary track as undergrad from a top school.
Let me help out here with fresh information from the recruiting trail at Stanford. They are looking for academic rigor. They want to see 4-5 AP's per semester. Yes, they do care about your GPA, and yes, they do care if you are sub-8:50 or sub-10:10 and a national qualifier in XC, but their message was we want to see 4 more AP's your senior semester. That was the message, loud and clear. It's up to the kid if they want that workload or not and that is how Stanford determines offering an XC spot and potential scholarship.
Nice post.
Interesting also is how early kids are commiting. It's now Jan '25, and Addie Ritz won't roll on to college campus until Sep '26. She can't formally commit in writing til Nov'25.
I don't think the Ivies or Stanford/Duke/Notre Dame would even make a commitment this early. They would rather see a couple more semesters of grades and test scores from a 2nd semester jr.
Let me help out here with fresh information from the recruiting trail at Stanford. They are looking for academic rigor. They want to see 4-5 AP's per semester. Yes, they do care about your GPA, and yes, they do care if you are sub-8:50 or sub-10:10 and a national qualifier in XC, but their message was we want to see 4 more AP's your senior semester. That was the message, loud and clear. It's up to the kid if they want that workload or not and that is how Stanford determines offering an XC spot and potential scholarship.
Nice post.
Interesting also is how early kids are commiting. It's now Jan '25, and Addie Ritz won't roll on to college campus until Sep '26. She can't formally commit in writing til Nov'25.
I don't think the Ivies or Stanford/Duke/Notre Dame would even make a commitment this early. They would rather see a couple more semesters of grades and test scores from a 2nd semester jr.
A ton of people take their first standardized test in the fall of their junior year (and take the PSAT in that October). So even if they'd only get a 1500 - even for a straight Asian or white student - I don't think that would be a detriment to a recruited athlete
The Calculus professor at NAU is using the textbook; the Calculus professor at Stanford WROTE the textbook.
Education is not a commodity.
Son you think it’s the textbooks that determine the superiority of an education?? 😂
It's funny, having the guy who wrote the book as the classroom instructor not always helpful. Kotler at Northwestern was a notoriously bad classroom teacher for marketing. Often grad assistants also have most of the face time with students, rather than the big name Prof.
Now if you can do research for a top Prof and actually work daily with them, that's a huge benefit.
What is always amazing at top schools though is the brilliance and talent of your peers. When you suddenly realize EVERYONE in your Calc 3 class has a 1600 SAT, you don't want to embarass yourself and let your classmates down. You are driven to work hard and get pulled along by the group. Even moreso in discussion classes and on group projects.