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Well GPAs and Test scores are definitely not hard to find in this day and age and would show otherwise, ppl seem to think you need a 3.5 GPA and 1300 SAT to get into ND as an "athlete" as if their regular students and it's simply not true. I remember they posed the question 2 seasons ago about "How many of the nation’s top 100 players, in a given recruiting cycle, can Notre Dame reasonably pursue?" Tom Lemming said 60-70, Mike Denbrock 35-40! I think both were right with one being an admissions bar number and the later being based on "fit". Granted, I remember the stress on higher standards were put in motion after the '93 season when average scores were 1220 for regular students on their SAT's, and the Football team averaged 890. Fast forward to 2011 and it was 1300 for students and 1000 for Football players, basically 80-100 pt increase over close to a decade. I think NDs demand is that you at least just be "competitive" in the class room even as an "athlete" while regular students must be superior, I recall coming out of HS and them having an acceptance rate of around 18-20%.