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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Water polo is really not very strong in this area, it is still a sport generally dominated by the California schools and players.  I have seen many excellent high school wp players back in California who did not get a college offer because the competition is so very strong. If you plan on water polo being your ticket to an Ivy League university, then you had better be an excellent player.[/quote]

Yes, there are very few schools that compete in Water Polo at the varsity level.  For example, in the Ivy League only Harvard, Princeton, and Brown had varsity teams in 2012 -- the other Ivies had club programs (the club and varsity programs do compete together for an Ivy Championship).  Generally schools don't recruit for club programs so the number of slots where it might help to be a water polo player is relatively limited.  As a sport, it is terrifically demanding -- both aerobically and in terms of physical contact.  Whomever is out there trying to say that spots like water polo (swimming, throwing, wrestling(!)) or lacrosse (running, throwing/catching, hitting) don't qualify as "athletics" is just being silly and stirring the pot.  [/quote]

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