Ivy Athletic Recruiting Success Stories--Share What it Takes To Make It

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Anonymous wrote:What about rowing, how do kids do trying to get recruited to women's rowing teams? D1 or high academic D3.

Women's rowing recruiting starts right after sophomore year and offers are made junior year. Every rowing team has a questionnaire on their website that your kid should fill out, then follow up about a week later with an e-mail. Keep it short: "Hi my name is x, I am a (height/weight) rising junior with a (x) 2K time and a (x) GPA. I intend to take the SAT on (x date) and my PSATs were (x). I am very interested in learning more about your program."

The coach will reach out if your kid's metrics are what they're looking for, 2K is most important but GPA and SAT matter as well. Height matters some, more as a differentiator if she's 5'10+

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What about rowing, how do kids do trying to get recruited to women's rowing teams? D1 or high academic D3.

Women's rowing recruiting starts right after sophomore year and offers are made junior year. Every rowing team has a questionnaire on their website that your kid should fill out, then follow up about a week later with an e-mail. Keep it short: "Hi my name is x, I am a (height/weight) rising junior with a (x) 2K time and a (x) GPA. I intend to take the SAT on (x date) and my PSATs were (x). I am very interested in learning more about your program."

The coach will reach out if your kid's metrics are what they're looking for, 2K is most important but GPA and SAT matter as well. Height matters some, more as a differentiator if she's 5'10+

Still doesn't quite tell me what it takes. So if you have GPA, SAT, or EC stats to share, please do. Otherwise telling me to fill out the questionnaire, email the coach after June 15th of completing sophomore year, or to get my erg score into the 7-min mark is pointless.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What about rowing, how do kids do trying to get recruited to women's rowing teams? D1 or high academic D3.

Women's rowing recruiting starts right after sophomore year and offers are made junior year. Every rowing team has a questionnaire on their website that your kid should fill out, then follow up about a week later with an e-mail. Keep it short: "Hi my name is x, I am a (height/weight) rising junior with a (x) 2K time and a (x) GPA. I intend to take the SAT on (x date) and my PSATs were (x). I am very interested in learning more about your program."

The coach will reach out if your kid's metrics are what they're looking for, 2K is most important but GPA and SAT matter as well. Height matters some, more as a differentiator if she's 5'10+

Still doesn't quite tell me what it takes. So if you have GPA, SAT, or EC stats to share, please do. Otherwise telling me to fill out the questionnaire, email the coach after June 15th of completing sophomore year, or to get my erg score into the 7-min mark is pointless.

I told you exactly what you need to know. Why you felt the need to be rude is bizarre. I'll not reply again.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What about rowing, how do kids do trying to get recruited to women's rowing teams? D1 or high academic D3.

Get your ERG times and send them to the coach. Fill out questionnaire.

Doesn't quite tell me about what it takes though. Besides erg score. We get that. Looking for other stats besides erg.

https://stackathlete.com/what-makes-you-a-recruitable-rower/

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What about rowing, how do kids do trying to get recruited to women's rowing teams? D1 or high academic D3.

Women's rowing recruiting starts right after sophomore year and offers are made junior year. Every rowing team has a questionnaire on their website that your kid should fill out, then follow up about a week later with an e-mail. Keep it short: "Hi my name is x, I am a (height/weight) rising junior with a (x) 2K time and a (x) GPA. I intend to take the SAT on (x date) and my PSATs were (x). I am very interested in learning more about your program."

The coach will reach out if your kid's metrics are what they're looking for, 2K is most important but GPA and SAT matter as well. Height matters some, more as a differentiator if she's 5'10+

Still doesn't quite tell me what it takes. So if you have GPA, SAT, or EC stats to share, please do. Otherwise telling me to fill out the questionnaire, email the coach after June 15th of completing sophomore year, or to get my erg score into the 7-min mark is pointless.

At this point, your kid probably doesn't have what it takes. Ultimately, personality plays a big part too. Nobody like needy and rude people.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What about rowing, how do kids do trying to get recruited to women's rowing teams? D1 or high academic D3.

Women's rowing recruiting starts right after sophomore year and offers are made junior year. Every rowing team has a questionnaire on their website that your kid should fill out, then follow up about a week later with an e-mail. Keep it short: "Hi my name is x, I am a (height/weight) rising junior with a (x) 2K time and a (x) GPA. I intend to take the SAT on (x date) and my PSATs were (x). I am very interested in learning more about your program."

The coach will reach out if your kid's metrics are what they're looking for, 2K is most important but GPA and SAT matter as well. Height matters some, more as a differentiator if she's 5'10+

Still doesn't quite tell me what it takes. So if you have GPA, SAT, or EC stats to share, please do. Otherwise telling me to fill out the questionnaire, email the coach after June 15th of completing sophomore year, or to get my erg score into the 7-min mark is pointless.

At this point, your kid probably doesn't have what it takes. Ultimately, personality plays a big part too. Nobody like needy and rude people.

I didn't think I was being rude. I was being factual and thought specificity may have been missing from my prior post, which is why I noted I was looking for stats (i.e., GPA, rigor, test scores, EC) info more than general info about erg scores and questionnaires.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What about rowing, how do kids do trying to get recruited to women's rowing teams? D1 or high academic D3.

Women's rowing recruiting starts right after sophomore year and offers are made junior year. Every rowing team has a questionnaire on their website that your kid should fill out, then follow up about a week later with an e-mail. Keep it short: "Hi my name is x, I am a (height/weight) rising junior with a (x) 2K time and a (x) GPA. I intend to take the SAT on (x date) and my PSATs were (x). I am very interested in learning more about your program."

The coach will reach out if your kid's metrics are what they're looking for, 2K is most important but GPA and SAT matter as well. Height matters some, more as a differentiator if she's 5'10+

Still doesn't quite tell me what it takes. So if you have GPA, SAT, or EC stats to share, please do. Otherwise telling me to fill out the questionnaire, email the coach after June 15th of completing sophomore year, or to get my erg score into the 7-min mark is pointless.

At this point, your kid probably doesn't have what it takes. Ultimately, personality plays a big part too. Nobody like needy and rude people.

I didn't think I was being rude. I was being factual and thought specificity may have been missing from my prior post, which is why I noted I was looking for stats (i.e., GPA, rigor, test scores, EC) info more than general info about erg scores and questionnaires.

Recruiting is complex. If you have read through the entire thread you would understand that there are a lot of factors. Do they have a team that is going to be losing good athletes in the next couple of years, so they will have an open slot? Do they have a need for starboard rowers next year? Do they have 2 olympic-caliber twin sisters that just signed on but haven't been announced yet? Are they trying to compete at a higher level in the next 5 years? Did they just hire a new coach from England who has a recruiting focus on Europe?

So many variables. So, it's starts with the times. If you are hitting the times, then you need to have a list of schools that you are interested in. You need to research the team. You need to see who the recruits have been in the past few years and compare your kid to those recruits. Were they on more successful teams, or less succesful teams. Are they all european?

If you are close to the stated 25-50% SAT range, with a GPA above 3.7 you should be qualified academically. ECs are irrelevant.

I think what everyone's point is that the best way to start is by filling out questionairres and sending emails. Each school has different priorities which change from year to year.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What about rowing, how do kids do trying to get recruited to women's rowing teams? D1 or high academic D3.

Women's rowing recruiting starts right after sophomore year and offers are made junior year. Every rowing team has a questionnaire on their website that your kid should fill out, then follow up about a week later with an e-mail. Keep it short: "Hi my name is x, I am a (height/weight) rising junior with a (x) 2K time and a (x) GPA. I intend to take the SAT on (x date) and my PSATs were (x). I am very interested in learning more about your program."

The coach will reach out if your kid's metrics are what they're looking for, 2K is most important but GPA and SAT matter as well. Height matters some, more as a differentiator if she's 5'10+

Still doesn't quite tell me what it takes. So if you have GPA, SAT, or EC stats to share, please do. Otherwise telling me to fill out the questionnaire, email the coach after June 15th of completing sophomore year, or to get my erg score into the 7-min mark is pointless.

At this point, your kid probably doesn't have what it takes. Ultimately, personality plays a big part too. Nobody like needy and rude people.

I didn't think I was being rude. I was being factual and thought specificity may have been missing from my prior post, which is why I noted I was looking for stats (i.e., GPA, rigor, test scores, EC) info more than general info about erg scores and questionnaires.

Recruiting is complex. If you have read through the entire thread you would understand that there are a lot of factors. Do they have a team that is going to be losing good athletes in the next couple of years, so they will have an open slot? Do they have a need for starboard rowers next year? Do they have 2 olympic-caliber twin sisters that just signed on but haven't been announced yet? Are they trying to compete at a higher level in the next 5 years? Did they just hire a new coach from England who has a recruiting focus on Europe?

So many variables. So, it's starts with the times. If you are hitting the times, then you need to have a list of schools that you are interested in. You need to research the team. You need to see who the recruits have been in the past few years and compare your kid to those recruits. Were they on more successful teams, or less succesful teams. Are they all european?

If you are close to the stated 25-50% SAT range, with a GPA above 3.7 you should be qualified academically. ECs are irrelevant.

I think what everyone's point is that the best way to start is by filling out questionairres and sending emails. Each school has different priorities which change from year to year.

Thank you! This is helpful. Yes the erg scores are close but still hovering closer to low-8 mins and hasn't hit a sub-8 minus a PR. There's still a year left. Needing ECs was a big concern because there is none (like, zero) outside of rowing year-round.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What about rowing, how do kids do trying to get recruited to women's rowing teams? D1 or high academic D3.

Women's rowing recruiting starts right after sophomore year and offers are made junior year. Every rowing team has a questionnaire on their website that your kid should fill out, then follow up about a week later with an e-mail. Keep it short: "Hi my name is x, I am a (height/weight) rising junior with a (x) 2K time and a (x) GPA. I intend to take the SAT on (x date) and my PSATs were (x). I am very interested in learning more about your program."

The coach will reach out if your kid's metrics are what they're looking for, 2K is most important but GPA and SAT matter as well. Height matters some, more as a differentiator if she's 5'10+

Still doesn't quite tell me what it takes. So if you have GPA, SAT, or EC stats to share, please do. Otherwise telling me to fill out the questionnaire, email the coach after June 15th of completing sophomore year, or to get my erg score into the 7-min mark is pointless.

At this point, your kid probably doesn't have what it takes. Ultimately, personality plays a big part too. Nobody like needy and rude people.

I didn't think I was being rude. I was being factual and thought specificity may have been missing from my prior post, which is why I noted I was looking for stats (i.e., GPA, rigor, test scores, EC) info more than general info about erg scores and questionnaires.

Recruiting is complex. If you have read through the entire thread you would understand that there are a lot of factors. Do they have a team that is going to be losing good athletes in the next couple of years, so they will have an open slot? Do they have a need for starboard rowers next year? Do they have 2 olympic-caliber twin sisters that just signed on but haven't been announced yet? Are they trying to compete at a higher level in the next 5 years? Did they just hire a new coach from England who has a recruiting focus on Europe?

So many variables. So, it's starts with the times. If you are hitting the times, then you need to have a list of schools that you are interested in. You need to research the team. You need to see who the recruits have been in the past few years and compare your kid to those recruits. Were they on more successful teams, or less succesful teams. Are they all european?

If you are close to the stated 25-50% SAT range, with a GPA above 3.7 you should be qualified academically. ECs are irrelevant.

I think what everyone's point is that the best way to start is by filling out questionairres and sending emails. Each school has different priorities which change from year to year.

Thank you! This is helpful. Yes the erg scores are close but still hovering closer to low-8 mins and hasn't hit a sub-8 minus a PR. There's still a year left. Needing ECs was a big concern because there is none (like, zero) outside of rowing year-round.

Your welcome. the more qualified they are athletically, the more wiggle room there is academically. D3 are really good programs

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What about rowing, how do kids do trying to get recruited to women's rowing teams? D1 or high academic D3.

Women's rowing recruiting starts right after sophomore year and offers are made junior year. Every rowing team has a questionnaire on their website that your kid should fill out, then follow up about a week later with an e-mail. Keep it short: "Hi my name is x, I am a (height/weight) rising junior with a (x) 2K time and a (x) GPA. I intend to take the SAT on (x date) and my PSATs were (x). I am very interested in learning more about your program."

The coach will reach out if your kid's metrics are what they're looking for, 2K is most important but GPA and SAT matter as well. Height matters some, more as a differentiator if she's 5'10+

Thank you so much. Would you know if it’s the same for men’s rowing? Appreciate your insights

By the way, the person who posted after you was a rude SOB

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What about rowing, how do kids do trying to get recruited to women's rowing teams? D1 or high academic D3.

Women's rowing recruiting starts right after sophomore year and offers are made junior year. Every rowing team has a questionnaire on their website that your kid should fill out, then follow up about a week later with an e-mail. Keep it short: "Hi my name is x, I am a (height/weight) rising junior with a (x) 2K time and a (x) GPA. I intend to take the SAT on (x date) and my PSATs were (x). I am very interested in learning more about your program."

The coach will reach out if your kid's metrics are what they're looking for, 2K is most important but GPA and SAT matter as well. Height matters some, more as a differentiator if she's 5'10+

Thank you so much. Would you know if it’s the same for men’s rowing? Appreciate your insights

By the way, the person who posted after you was a rude SOB

Men's rowing is the same process but offers come a year later, late summer or early fall of senior year. Men's rowing is the oldest intercollegiate sport and operates under the IRA, not the NCAA, which has its own rules. Boys should still reach out to coaches using the same process after their sophomore year, and they have longer to get their 2K times down but it's also much more competitive to earn a spot on a men's rowing team because there are about 1/3 the recruiting spots for men's rowing as there are for women's rowing. 2k time is most important, GPA and SAT also matter. The coach will reach out and tell you exactly what is needed for their program if you are a promising candidate. Good luck!