Stanford All Star Baseball Camp

Go to the Stanford baseball website and request an application online. They'll send you the registration materials. Sorry, but I don't know the exact process for selecting the campers.

My son signed up for that camp, and recently got an e-mail from Coach Stotz about the camp. Stotz said that they were still getting applications, and would not run the lottery until early March or so. It is a lottery based on position, your son can still get in.

fanofgame,
What was the verbal and math score?

fan,
My son's was 640, 660 which would probably make him marginal by Ivy standards. Mine's a rhp so I don't know how that will play out as far as the Stanford numbers go. If he doesn't get in we save a bit of change.

In any case, he's already gotten a recruiting letter from one of the Ivy's so my guess is that came as a result of either the Stanford camp application or a PG showcase.

We'll have him do the headfirst camp up there either way as we have relatives in the area we can visit.

CADdad

those are really good scores. the one IVY coach in an email said they like to see over 600 in each section. with those SAts and being a pitcher he might have a very good shot, I dont know how he is as a player but good luck. My son did ok on SAts, he has a 3.6 gpa, but he made a decision that he wanted to have some free time and time to socialize so he let down a little last year. his over all is a 3.6 and that is with having some free time to hang with friends also. everyone is different in how they handle their workloads. good luck to your son, and yes do the headfirst, many good colleges go to those as well and the IVies so he will still get seen. let us know what happens.

Nowadays it is extremely difficult to get into Stanford (12% acceptance). In fact, it's easier to get into MIT (14% acceptance).

Stanford no longer gives ANY leeway to athletes, and this is a major complaint of the alumni.

Fortunately, the camp is attended by a lot of coaches from great schools that are not so brutally selective.

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Stanford no longer gives ANY leeway to athletes, and this is a major complaint of the alumni.

Krak - I'm really not trying to pick on you, but this comment just isn't true...most especially the "ANY" part.

It is true that the alums have been frustrated with admissions and its possible impact on the football team in particular, but I have "heard" that the new admissions dean has loosened that back up in the past 2 years. There's a lot less complaining about this issue around sports venues recently and its generally thought that the roughest times have passed.

Stanford is difficult to gain admission too...even for an athlete. But there are 'brownie points' (bad phrase but an easy one to understand) for outstanding athletes, musicians, writers, mathmeticians, young entrepreneurs, etc... that do lower the GPA/SAT requirements.

From my understanding talking to alums pretty 'connected' that its much closer to the way it was 10 years ago than 3 years ago. They are also considering expanding the freshman class which could help too. The single biggest complaint out there right now is that it has apparently become more difficult for local kids to gain admission through the normal routes.

Bottom line, if you're a good student and a stellar athlete...you definitely have a chance to go there.

That's okay, jbb!! I guess the "ANY" part was rather extreme!

Well, here we are on 2/21 and waiting on the first week of March. We all hope to see that letter in the mail that says our sons can go to the Summer all Star camp at Stanford. I know we have seen the effects of the first two letter in our son's attitude about academics. He missed his 4.0 target this semester with a 3.87 and he is putting back his full attention this term. (oops that sounds like a parent, sorry)

I like that he understands: All dreams come with a list of things to do!

Time for the Lions to Roar in Trinity.

Good luck goyarddad!