[ColoradoTree]

Those people don't look happy.  Looks to me like, "son, you need to do this, this and this and we'll look again next year."  I had a frat brother, since extremely succ ssful, who got that talk, went to Menlo School, then accepted.  Just depends on how badly you want it.

EDITED TO ADD:  well, now I have watched the clip.  I believe we will welcome this young man on campus one day.  My heart went out to his mother when she struggled mightily to keep from reaching out to comfort her son.  He is blessed.

To any of the admissions gurus on this board, any insight as to how this works?  Do we admit kids conditionally, i.e., "you're in for 2017 as long as you go to prep school and have a certain level of success," or is it more like a "we like you a lot, and it looks good for you next year, but we just need you to show us a little more" situation?  Or even more like what Ferrari noted, where there aren't even hints of promises for the future?  Aside from Jordan Fox last year, I don't recall a similar situation in recent years, but perhaps others here can recall additional stories of students/student-athletes who were basically placed on hold for a year before they could enroll. 

[ColoradoTree]

Those people don't look happy.  Looks to me like, "son, you need to do this, this and this and we'll look again next year."  I had a frat brother, since extremely succ ssful, who got that talk, went to Menlo School, then accepted.  Just depends on how badly you want it.

EDITED TO ADD:  well, now I have watched the clip.  I believe we will welcome this young man on campus one day.  My heart went out to his mother when she struggled mightily to keep from reaching out to comfort her son.  He is blessed.

To any of the admissions gurus on this board, any insight as to how this works?  Do we admit kids conditionally, i.e., "you're in for 2017 as long as you go to prep school and have a certain level of success," or is it more like a "we like you a lot, and it looks good for you next year, but we just need you to show us a little more" situation?  Or even more like what Ferrari noted, where there aren't even hints of promises for the future?  Aside from Jordan Fox last year, I don't recall a similar situation in recent years, but perhaps others here can recall additional stories of students/student-athletes who were basically placed on hold for a year before they could enroll.