Any colleges with female club rowing teams?

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hi, I have rowed during the summer since I was 12, but I'm nowhere near the level necessary to row varsity. I have been looking at schools with strong international studies. Any ideas?</p>

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<p>Are you sure you’re not good enough to row on a college squad? I know many D3 schools take walk-ons, some of whom have never rowed before. For instance, I took a look at the Bates rowing page. They have 30 women on the roster, many of whom are on the short side for rowers (5’5"-5’7"). If you’re interested in LACs you might want to look into the stats of the rowers toward the bottom of the roster at some of the NESCAC schools.</p>

<p>Plenty of schools have club crew. It would probably be best to determine what kind of school you want to attend (state school, Ivy, small LAC, etc.) then look for crew at the schools on your initial list.</p>

<p>Adding- you may also want to consider rowing programs unaffiliated with colleges. For instance, Cambridge MA has a very popular community rowing program (CRI) with multiple levels-everything from rank novices to former D1 varsity rowers.</p>

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<p>Try UGA: club rowing, great under-rated academics, and good international program.</p>

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<p>Many, many, many.
From small schools: Lafayette and Middlebury - to big schools: James Madison and Penn State - to schools in between: Ohio Univ. and Vermont.
I think I have a list somewhere. I will check.</p>

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<p>I agree that you shouldn’t rule out varsity programs. The D3 schools I know about recruit on campus to get inexperienced students into their programs. For example, the Smith crew team had a large presence at the entrance to new student registration at orientation this past fall. They have both a novice crew team and a varsity crew team, so even if you’re not ready for varsity as a first-year student, you may be on varsity by the time you graduate. They also have a variety of international studies programs as well as a strong junior-year-away program.</p>

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<p>Some schools that have D1 rowing teams also have club level teams. For example UVa is D1, but they also have a club level team. It gives you the chance to continue to participate but not at a higher competitive level and without a larger time commitment. It might be an option to look at if you don’t want to commit to D3 level rowing (which I agree with others, you would probably be competitive for).</p>

<p>You can see a list of NCAA D1, D2, & D3 ranked schools here:</p>

<p>[Rowing</a> Division I - NCAA.com](<a href=“http://www.ncaa.com/sports/rowing/d1]Rowing”>http://www.ncaa.com/sports/rowing/d1)</p>

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<p>MY D is at Lafayette College ¶ and I know they have a club team. Maybe other LACs do as well.</p>

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<p>^^^^ See post # 4 above.</p>

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<p>University of Dayton. [daytonflyers.com:</a> UD Rowing Program Information](<a href=“http://www.daytonflyers.com/womens/rowing/rowinginfo/]daytonflyers.com:”>http://www.daytonflyers.com/womens/rowing/rowinginfo/)</p>

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<p>Wellesley has everything from rowing as a PE class through dorm crews to varsity.</p>

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<p>O/P:

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<p>Found it!
Here: <a href=“http://www.narowing.org/pdf/College_Directory_USROWING.pdf[/url]”>http://www.narowing.org/pdf/College_Directory_USROWING.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>All schools with a “C” in the fourth column are club teams.</p>

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<p>might look at Holy Cross-has good crew teams</p>