Honestly , there is also a lot of overlap between good tennis players and very strong students

If you are being recruited for tennis you can see how many “stars” you are. The kids recruited to top schools are usually 5 stars or higher (blue chip) recruits. State champions, winning national tournaments etc

My DD is a varsity tennis player but knows str can’t get recruited to the type of school she would want academically

You’re not going to get well informed or honest answers on this forum. Too many posters are simply too competitive and cutthroat.

I just looked at a few D1 rosters, and I would not count on being recruited. Top schools have very highly ranked players, lower schools have a lot of international players. Start looking at lower tier or D3 tennis schools, but chances are he’d do better in admissions based on academics.

Or he could give up on tennis and go to IU Kelley School of Business which is certainly top 20 in undergrad business if not top 10.

Could be a top D3 recruit if:

1) Actually has strong SAT and or ACT
2) Continues to do well in tennis
3) Keeps up solid grades/rigor in school work

Anonymous wrote:Asian male
Tennis player rated in the top 600 in nation
3.9/4.0 GPA, 7 AP's by sophomore year + 5 AP's next year
SAT not taken yet, but expecting around 1500 per practice tests
Volunteered at hospital and some research at a university but nothing published.

Not sure about major, but definitely not engineering or medicine. Maybe interested in law or business.

What are his chances among the top 30 universities? Great? Reasonable? Not likely?

Sounds not in range to be recruited so chances are “not likely” just like everyone else.

These schools only have about 10 total kids on their mens tennis teams. If you consider they are only recruiting 2-3 freshmen per year, and 1-2 are international. At Penn last year? There were 2 kids from The same school and at Duke a couple years ago there were twins…. So your chances ranked lower than 50 seeems like a stretch fir T20.

I think it’s great that he has the SAT and APs and other academic criteria though. He would likely get in for that, with the hook of juggling his extracurricular and schoolwork. However, those ranked at the top of their sport don’t necessarily need stellar scores to get into the top schools. They would take a good-enough PSAT and unweighted GPA, and admit test-optional.

Forget the tennis. Strong student regardless so reasonable. I mean it is pretty much a crapshoot at the top 30. ED and full pay for best shot.

He's not going to get recruited for tennis at a D1 top 30. He should see where he will get in based on his academic merits and checkout their club team. Or, consider a smaller D3 school. What about Haverford?

For a D3 school (or any school, really) he should look their current roster and then research the player rankings/UTR. Also, notice their years to try to predict who might be leaving the team.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:American male tennis is not in a good space right now - international kids are way better and colleges prefer them

Wait, is he top 600 in the world, or the US, or HS players?

I might need to change my answer.

Not OP but she said “top 600 in nation” so I assume it’s USTA for their age bracket.

Anonymous wrote:Why is he volunteering at a hospital if not interested in medicine? You want the volunteer activity to make sense with what your kid wants to study and/or their interests. Volunteering at a hospital could make him seem like just another premed, which is not helpful.

Not OP, but the post says that he "volunteered". Past tense. Volunteering is a great way to explore interests. Perhaps he explored and decided it was not for him.

Anonymous wrote:American male tennis is not in a good space right now - international kids are way better and colleges prefer them

Zero chance D1, 63% of men d1 tennis players are international. Good D3 is unlikely as well.

Anonymous wrote:American male tennis is not in a good space right now - international kids are way better and colleges prefer them

Wait, is he top 600 in the world, or the US, or HS players?

I might need to change my answer.

Why is he volunteering at a hospital if not interested in medicine? You want the volunteer activity to make sense with what your kid wants to study and/or their interests. Volunteering at a hospital could make him seem like just another premed, which is not helpful.