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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, at this point there is only one question, and it is for your child: do they want to row in college? If yes, do they want rowing to determine everything about their college experience, or just a lot of it? The second decision will guide them to D1 or D3.

I was a D3 rower. Five days a week, all year long, I got up at 4:55 and ran 2.5 miles down to the river for practice at 5:30. Back on campus for 8:10 class, bringing my breakfast with me. Three days a week lift in the afternoon. And that was D3 25 years ago! It was every thing to me, but I could also still have any major or class I wanted, took a semester abroad without consequence, had time for friends outside of rowing.

My high school teammates who went D1 all quit after their freshman year in college. They wanted a college experience beyond rowing.

My son is about to go to college and will play a sport. He wanted D1 but didn’t get D1 offers that matched his academic needs, so he’s going D3. I’m relieved - I think it will make for a happier and longer college playing career.

The biggest thing to do is take a breath and slow down. Focus on what your child wants rowing wise and college wise, then make lists of schools that meet both. Be open! Then start the emailing.[/quote]

Yes…crew is kind of strange in that it has a very high quit rate among recruits, but then also a high walk on rate at the same time.  This will likely change with the recent NCAA settlement where some schools are now moving to 100% scholarship for all recruits.

In general…sports that are basically always physically exhausting, compete usually well off-campus (not to mention practice) and have few students attending or caring about the event have  very high quit rates.

In studies, the sports with lowest quit rates are basketball, field hockey and baseball…though usually the quit rates for these sports are most determined by lack of playing time (or injury…but that’s less discretionary).[/quote]

They quit rowing because it’s boring and it’s the easiest hook to get them into a decent college [/quote]

I don’t think any one works hard enough at it to get recruited that doesn’t enjoy certain aspects of the sport.

However, there is something to the psychology of having an exterior goal (ie college recruitment) in HS, while unless you are Olympic caliber, that no longer exists in college.[/quote]

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