Seems to be the new trend, no experience needed..
http://www.clemsontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=657757&SPID=103699&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=28500&ATCLID=210280542

At least no one is boosting GDS football .... yet.

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Anonymous wrote:GDS does very well in Ivy admissions. While I woukd not say that their rowing team is a powerhouse, GDS scholar-rowers shouid be quite attractive on academics alone.

So do NCS and Sta, except their crew teams aren't a joke to other schools.

We were doing so well… Don't feed the troll.

Anonymous wrote:GDS does very well in Ivy admissions. While I woukd not say that their rowing team is a powerhouse, GDS scholar-rowers shouid be quite attractive on academics alone.

So do NCS and Sta, except their crew teams aren't a joke to other schools.

Anonymous wrote:GDS does very well in Ivy admissions. While I woukd not say that their rowing team is a powerhouse, GDS scholar-rowers shouid be quite attractive on academics alone.

G-D-S = I-V-Y.

Anonymous wrote:I know coxes who were recruited to Standford and Harvard.

Being recruited and getting financial help are two different things....

Why is this on the private school thread? Some of the best local programs are public.

GDS does very well in Ivy admissions. While I woukd not say that their rowing team is a powerhouse, GDS scholar-rowers shouid be quite attractive on academics alone.

I know coxes who were recruited to Standford and Harvard.

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Anonymous wrote:Harvard does recruit but doesn't give scholarships - all Ivy League financial aid is need-based (not based on academic or athletic merit), but being an athletic recruit could give you an admissions bump. Though generally coaches use their precious few slots on oars, not coxes.

Also, women's rowing is an NCAA sport, men's is not. Thus, there's much more scholarship money available for women - it's one of the few sports that helps offset all-male sports like football for Title IX parity.

Two schools came right out and told DD they have money, but not for coxes, but invited her to come and spend a 3 day weekend, on our expense. She declined against it since the schools weren't high on her list, and were 10+ hour drive from home. Maybe a lot of the coxes are walkons...

Recruiting can also mean help in admissions (which is what many people really want). However, as another poster is said, more of the recruiting focus is always on the rowers, but it's not out of the question that there might be a bump in admissions for a cox as well (particularly if the person is already an accomplished student, such that it is just a tiny nudge in their favor.)

True, but when you think of the time commitment crew takes, it doesn't make sense being a cox in HS. All those hours spent training could be better put to use by hitting the books and taking the hardest classes. This way with stellar grades, you're surely to end up with merit aid or athletic scholarship.

If you are trying to say "don't be a cox in crew just based on some idea it will get you into a college," sure, I would agree with that. I would agree with that for any high school athlete or any sport. However, if the student enjoys the athletic activity (and crew coxes I have met seemed to enjoy their participation in crew very much, for the most part), then there is enough time to both study hard and play a sport. Moreover, your idea that top grades will "surely end up with merit aid" is off-base; although there is much more merit aid out there than in the past, it is still relatively rare and financial aid is far more frequently need-based.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Harvard does recruit but doesn't give scholarships - all Ivy League financial aid is need-based (not based on academic or athletic merit), but being an athletic recruit could give you an admissions bump. Though generally coaches use their precious few slots on oars, not coxes.

Also, women's rowing is an NCAA sport, men's is not. Thus, there's much more scholarship money available for women - it's one of the few sports that helps offset all-male sports like football for Title IX parity.

Two schools came right out and told DD they have money, but not for coxes, but invited her to come and spend a 3 day weekend, on our expense. She declined against it since the schools weren't high on her list, and were 10+ hour drive from home. Maybe a lot of the coxes are walkons...

Recruiting can also mean help in admissions (which is what many people really want). However, as another poster is said, more of the recruiting focus is always on the rowers, but it's not out of the question that there might be a bump in admissions for a cox as well (particularly if the person is already an accomplished student, such that it is just a tiny nudge in their favor.)

True, but when you think of the time commitment crew takes, it doesn't make sense being a cox in HS. All those hours spent training could be better put to use by hitting the books and taking the hardest classes. This way with stellar grades, you're surely to end up with merit aid or athletic scholarship.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Harvard does recruit but doesn't give scholarships - all Ivy League financial aid is need-based (not based on academic or athletic merit), but being an athletic recruit could give you an admissions bump. Though generally coaches use their precious few slots on oars, not coxes.

Also, women's rowing is an NCAA sport, men's is not. Thus, there's much more scholarship money available for women - it's one of the few sports that helps offset all-male sports like football for Title IX parity.

Two schools came right out and told DD they have money, but not for coxes, but invited her to come and spend a 3 day weekend, on our expense. She declined against it since the schools weren't high on her list, and were 10+ hour drive from home. Maybe a lot of the coxes are walkons...

Recruiting can also mean help in admissions (which is what many people really want). However, as another poster is said, more of the recruiting focus is always on the rowers, but it's not out of the question that there might be a bump in admissions for a cox as well (particularly if the person is already an accomplished student, such that it is just a tiny nudge in their favor.)