Nobody has it in for a kid who has a chance to be sponsored by an Ivy coach. That is a big boost for an application and a real privilege and advantage in a competitive process. And nobody feels too bad later when a daddy bragger or a kid are scrambling for a college because the kid didn't come through with high scores and grades.
But don't follow that advice from someone who knows and just blow off the attention to academic detail and hope for the best of you will. That sounds like a plan.
