The IV's do not give athletic scholarships but they will take a kid a standard deviation below their academic cut-off if they want his or her athletic skill. And if there is need, you don't have to pay to attend the top schools -- at this point, though their endowments have really been hit hard.
Harvard, Princeton and Yale will pull you out of the pile if you do certain sports. I recently found out that ballet is a big one for Harvard since they have a dance company. And the big thing is getting pulled out of the big pile, since academics is not enough to make you stand out.
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