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Message: [QUOTE="CompSci87, post: 3588860, member: 483"] I understand some schools give the coaches a certain number of exceptions, where they will admit a student at the coach's request who is an NCAA minimum qualifier but does not meet the school's own admissions standards. Stanford does not have exceptions in that sense. Stanford does try to admit a diverse and well rounded student body, by no means just the very top of the academic performers. Non-academic abilities count towards the overall admissions decision, and a coach's recommendation counts strongly. But athletes still have to meet Stanford's own academic requirements, which are high but not stratospheric. The coaches are well aware of the requirements and work closely with admissions to avoid the embarrassment of offering and having someone commit who is then not admitted. That does happen on rare occasions, though. Of course regardless of what I say, I expect people here will still believe what they want to believe. [/QUOTE]