Does getting rejected as a sophomore hurt you as a junior?

Hi, Say I apply to all the BB sophomore programs or just SA spots that take sophomores and completely make a fool of myself. Will this hurt my chances for recruiting as a junior?

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In my view, the logical thing for them to do would be to consider you an entirely new applicant. They don't have time (until the later stages of recruiting maybe) to go through everyone's past applications/documents

 

From my experience no. In fact, as long as you take the feedback you get from the sophomore recruiting cycle and can show you’ve taken concrete steps to improve on those points during junior cycle, it can actually help you build a really compelling experience. I went through the sophomore recruiting process for a BB last fall, made it all the way to a superday but didn’t receive an offer. I went through the 2020 SA process with the same group this spring and received an offer. Everyone I spoke with said that demonstrating that i had taken feedback from the fall and worked towards improving my resume, background, etc played a role in receiving an offer second time around.

 

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