I had a recent conversation with the mother of a recruited athlete (not basketball). His top choice is Harvard, which was showing strong interest in him, but over the last couple of months the message has shifted and the recruit is now being told that he is going to have to get his grades up. The mother was wondering if there has been any change in Ivy recruiting after the recent recruiting scandals and the academic requirements have tightened. If it has then they may need to shift their target to one of the non-Ivy schools recruiting him. While Harvard is still the #1 choice, they also don't want to wait indefinitely when there are other schools with offers on the table that may not be there a few months from now.
Does anyone know if there has been any change? Didn't AI tighten a couple of years ago?