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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mom of a D3 college swimmer male.  We had a list of approximately 20 schools that were academic fits and where he could score at conference meets (mid major patriot league, caa and top D3, UAA, NESAC).  I stressed academic fit (great student, engineering major).  It worked out for us, I think in part because we knew that there would be no swimming money and the school was a good academic fit.  Others on his club team went P4 and D1 and have not had the same experience.  They have been cut and two transferred.[/quote]

Did he have lots of other ECs too? TIA[/quote]

A few not a ton of other ECs, he had a very high GPA and very good SAT scores, swimming was the primary EC and it is so time consuming. Good luck![/quote]

Thanks. DD has a very high GPA in her freshman year. I was always wondering if swimming could be her only EC to get recruited by some less competitive Ivy schools or good D3 schools, assuming she continues doing well in classroom and gets 1550+ SAT. She has a couple of futures time and her first swimcloud ranking is expected to be somewhere around 300~400. [/quote]

Is this a joke?  Very high GPA, 1550+ SAT, multiple futures times/top 300 in the country and wondering if a good D3 school would be interested.  [/quote]

She doesn't have any other ECs. I thought her swimming and academic resume could be strong enough to draw some attention from top D3 schools like Amherst or Williams, but what about Ivy Schools that I thought many athletes had lots of other ECs like music, debating etc.?[/quote]

What matters for Ivies beyond grades and test scores is being fast. Some very fast swimmers end up at Harvard, Princeton, Penn,  etc. Also what matters is what events your kid swims and the team’s needs. Other ECs are not important for recruited athletes [/quote]

^. This.  If you want an ivy or high academic D3 school, make sure that you know that you can full pay or are eligible for financial aid.  There is no merit or athletic scholarships available at these schools.[/quote]

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