Hey all! I just wanted to post a thread out here about High School player's grades, and the correlation to the schools they are recruited to. I know there are many threads preaching the importance of "good grades", however I find the term slightly vague. What do "good grades" qualify as? A 3.0? 3.5? etc... Point is, I was wondering if any of you with more experience than I know what kind of grades schools are looking for, and what kind of interest they can garner. Thanks!
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Your required GPA is inversely proportional to your fastball velocity.
Seriously you need to compare the prospect's GPA/test scores, etc with the population of students admitted to the target school.
Hey all! I just wanted to post a thread out here about High School player's grades, and the correlation to the schools they are recruited to. I know there are many threads preaching the importance of "good grades", however I find the term slightly vague. What do "good grades" qualify as? A 3.0? 3.5? etc... Point is, I was wondering if any of you with more experience than I know what kind of grades schools are looking for, and what kind of interest they can garner. Thanks!
A good place to start is on the websites of your target college list. Go to the admissions page and find the profile of the incoming freshman class - generally they show middle 50%-tile for GPA, SAT and ACT, plus medians. This is what you'll need to be in the mix for regular admissions. If you are looking at top 100 schools, 3.0 doesn't cut it. Athletes can and do get by with lower grades/scores, but the amount will vary with the talent level and the particular school. There is lots of discussion on this website about this as it pertains to Ivy and high-academic schools.
The higher the grades the more options......there are some schools no matter how fast your fast ball is, your grades/SAT scores have to be a certain level. Get the best grades you can and your will,have more doors open for,you. After that you just have to look at each school and see what they require.
Hey all! I just wanted to post a thread out here about High School player's grades, and the correlation to the schools they are recruited to. I know there are many threads preaching the importance of "good grades", however I find the term slightly vague. What do "good grades" qualify as? A 3.0? 3.5? etc... Point is, I was wondering if any of you with more experience than I know what kind of grades schools are looking for, and what kind of interest they can garner. Thanks!
Hey all! I just wanted to post a thread out here about High School player's grades, and the correlation to the schools they are recruited to. I know there are many threads preaching the importance of "good grades", however I find the term slightly vague. What do "good grades" qualify as? A 3.0? 3.5? etc... Point is, I was wondering if any of you with more experience than I know what kind of grades schools are looking for, and what kind of interest they can garner. Thanks!
warriorbaseball1,
You hit the nail on the head with the word correlation. That is another way of saying...it depends. Academic schools are looking for students with specific academic metrics just as pitching coaches/recruiters are looking at certain radar gun metrics. When you blend the two metrics (academics & baseball) together then you have something to hang your hat on. Academic schools are always looking to boost their published numbers You can find those numbers at College Navigator which is part of the US Dept of Education. This tells you everything you need to know in general. As the college coach for specifics.
Lastly, there is a lot of merit money out there, but you have to know where to look. Your chances of getting merit $$ from a top echelon school are much slimmer than State U or various private schools that decide where their institutional funding goes. Rule of thumb, if you are projcted in the top 25% of most schools (not all) there is some merit money to be offered. Again, the schools want to boost their numbers and they want to incent you with merit money.
Totally agree with others in this thead....great academics give you many more options.
I asked a similar question awhile back, got a LOT of great responses. Here is the thread,
http://community.hsbaseballweb...es-means-what?page=1
I can give you a current example. My son is currently being recruited hard by a Big 12 School. He currently has a 3.91 GPA, and a 24 on his ACT. Coach said he would like Ryno to retake the ACT in December to see if he can increase the ACT by 2 points to a 26. If he can, he can get him more Academic money. As soon as his results are back, the coach will present his offer. Obviously all cases are not the same, but it definitely helps to have a high GPA, and a good ACT/SAT Score. I would agree with the others that a 3.5 + is a good place to start. Additionally, from a lot of the research I have done, a 26 seems to put you in a much better category as far as Academic Money.
