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Re: Division 1 Commitments 2014-15
Originally posted by brookyone View PostA very fine post!
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Originally posted by Skate79 View PostI'm really hoping that the italicized players who are not coming are due to admissions. Because if it is anything like what we have seen recently with commits bailing on Harvard to go elsewhere (including other Ivies), I'm not going to be a happy camper. I really wish Harvard would start poaching some other school's recruits to see how they like getting their commits pulled out from under their noses. Hurts doesn't it?Originally posted by HockeyEast33 View PostHistorically, at the Ivies at this point in the process (Junior year Winter or earlier), the kids are asked for their academics (test scores and grades) and their chance of admission is assessed by the coaching staff, who are likely to be biased towards giving the thumbs up for someone they want. The admissions departments don't get involved until Summer at the earliest and the Likely Letters go out in the Fall (the real admission assessment). The coaches are making admissions assessments and commitments based on experience in absence of formal admissions review.
IMHO, that is deceptive. While coaches at any school will usually tell recruits that admission is dependent on continued academic performance, the assumption is that if a coach tells you you can get in that you can if you continue to perform at the same level. At schools like BU, BC, UM, etc. the admissions team will review academics earlier than the Ivies and make actual admissions commitments (again based on continued performance). But at the Ivies, the coaches commit without any review from admissions. Sometimes, even well-intentioned coaches get it wrong at an Ivy because the admissions committee changes their emphasis or requirements from previous years. Clearly, at Harvard (at least as reported by others on this forum), that is leading to 1 or 2 "failed admission" commitments per year.
Be very interested to hear from any others with recent experiences with Princeton, Harvard, or other Ivies that suggest the admissions committee is reviewing players academics prior to the summer (I think, but can't definitively state, that there may even be a league rule against this).
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Originally posted by Eeyore View PostIt would be if it had anything to do with the original post, which in fact didn't make any negative comments about the player. There were no personal comments about anyone. So it's actually pretty ****ed clueless.Minnesota Hockey
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Originally posted by Skate79 View PostI'm really hoping that the italicized players who are not coming are due to admissions. Because if it is anything like what we have seen recently with commits bailing on Harvard to go elsewhere (including other Ivies), I'm not going to be a happy camper. I really wish Harvard would start poaching some other school's recruits to see how they like getting their commits pulled out from under their noses. Hurts doesn't it?
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Molly Blasen will be headed to Mercyhurst. She is from Okemos MI and plays for Honey Baked. She is a D."If you're satisfied with being good, you'll never be great"
"heck, you go to some D-III hockey games and a Steven Segal Chinese stick fight breaks out,....." by Camman15
2009-2010 Regular Season Atlantic Hockey Pick-em Champion
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Originally posted by Hockeysbest View PostAnother commit for2015- 2016 is rumored to be Jincy Dunne to Ohio State
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Re. Ivies -- for what it's worth, our family was in communication with Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Cornell, and Dartmouth. I would say Yale, Princeton, Cornell, and Dartmouth were quite honest about the academics needed for admission. Harvard's issue: they broadcast the most glowing recruiting emails one could imagine, practically begging for the opportunity to coach our daughter, and have her wear the vaunted crimson jersey. We soon learned that they sent those emails to every high-level player my daughter knew. So I don't know if they are honest about academics, but we felt their recruiting style was a crock of BeanS.
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Originally posted by AggiesHockey View PostRe. Ivies -- for what it's worth, our family was in communication with Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Cornell, and Dartmouth. I would say Yale, Princeton, Cornell, and Dartmouth were quite honest about the academics needed for admission. Harvard's issue: they broadcast the most glowing recruiting emails one could imagine, practically begging for the opportunity to coach our daughter, and have her wear the vaunted crimson jersey. We soon learned that they sent those emails to every high-level player my daughter knew. So I don't know if they are honest about academics, but we felt their recruiting style was a crock of BeanS.Fire Chiarelli!
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