<p>Hi all! I went through the recruiting process 3 years ago as part of the high school class of 2012, college class of 2016. If you have any questions about the recruiting process, ask away!</p>
<p>I am most familiar with D3 recruiting in tennis, but I also had friends go the D1/D3 route for other sports. I'll try my best to answer your questions, although I don't think there are glaring differences between recruiting for different sports.</p>
<p>Tennis</p>
<p>Highest national rank was top 120 (220ish when recruited)
Highest section rank in most competitive US section was top 10 (20ish when recruited)
Solid national tournament results
Solid high school tennis results with a couple big wins over national top 50</p>
<p>I started receiving emails and contacting coaches during the end of my sophomore year/beginning of my junior year in 2010. For schools I was interested in getting recruited at, I kept in contact with them thru email and phone with periodic updates about tournament results and academics throughout my junior year. Junior/senior summer and senior fall in 2011, I met with a couple coaches either at national tournaments or visits to the college. I narrowed down my list in Sept./Oct. 2011 to what is listed below. </p>
<p>I am still playing in college as a key singles/doubles starter. As a result of all the time academics + tennis take, I've learned better time management skills, gotten more efficient at doing things, and learned to prioritize things better.</p>
<p>College Recruiting/Apps</p>
<p>Currently attending MIT, rising junior
Schools recruited at, applied + admitted: MIT (EA), Case Western PPSP, Caltech (EA) + Caltech/UCSD Med Program, UCSD (didn't really follow thru with recruiting) + UCSD Med Scholars
Schools recruited at, did not apply: Amherst, Pomona, CMS, University of Chicago, Wash U
High interest from school only: Kenyon, Swarthmore, RPI, Navy, Carnegie Mellon, a lot of other colleges (one of my classmates who was also recruited D3 told me that when he met with some of the schools he was recruited at (Williams, Vassar, Middlebury), they asked if I wanted to be recruited since I was a highly sought after D3 recruit)
High interest from me only: Princeton, Yale, Harvard, Brown (school was maybe interested, but I decided not to apply)
Schools applied to regularly, admitted: UCLA, USC, University of Miami
Schools applied to regularly, waitlisted: Harvard, Rice
Schools applied to regularly, rejected: Stanford, Duke, Rice/Baylor Med Program, University of Miami HPME </p>
<p>Academic Stats</p>
<p>SAT (1 sitting): 2320 (800 W, 790 M, 730 R, 11 E)
ACT (1 sitting): 36 (all 36, 11 E)
GPA: 4.45 (val in my class was ~4.55, I was about 5th out of 300, went to a top high school)
SAT IIs: 3 800s (Math 2, Chem, USH)
APs: 14 5s (Bio, Chem, Calc BC, Comp Sci A, Phys C: Mech, Phys C: E&M, APES, Stats, APUSH, Spanish Lang, English Lang, English Lit, Microecon, Macroecon)
ECs: Scientific research that was semifinalist in a smaller national competition and that was published in a professional scientific journal, presented research to professionals in the field, Chem Olympiad semifinalist, Science Bowl (2nd place in region), volunteer at hospital, volunteer for underprivileged kids, National Merit Finalist, National AP Scholar, don't remember everything since it's been so long</p>