Reply To: Get accepted into Brisk

Since it is a new limud (Kodshim) intelligent boys cannot keep up by cruising through the shiurim , and relying on what they know from high school. If a bochur is keeping up in these yeshivos, you know he is either putting in some real hours, or he was an iluy at a young age. Brisk specifically, has no attraction for bochurim that are not learning. Since space is limited, most of those that get in, only do so with the recommendation of their rosh yeshivah. Which implicates that the rosh yeshivah thought it was worth it for the bochur to go to Brisk.