athlete transfers

Athletic Recruits
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<p>hey everyone! i was wondering if there was anyone out there who could give me some ideas of what admissions is like for a prospective transfer, especially as an athlete…i know it is different than freshman admissions, but can't seem to find a concrete answer as to whether it is easier or harder to get in places…i'm currently at a top 20 university, and i am a recruited varsity athlete here…my fall semester GPA was a 3.1 but i had a medical issue that caused me to miss some class - blew out my leg while playing my sport, had 2 surgeries (not sure if admissions committees consider this, it was sort of mentioned in my common app why transfer essay?)…i do my sport here, volunteer, in two clubs, and i am a sociology major...i went to a top 5 new england boarding school for high school, and there is no class rank there, and we don't even do a GPA on the 4.0 scale…my SATs weren't great, 1950 total, but 600 in everything at least…28 on the ACT…i have tons of community service and ECs and job experience from HS though, everything from working in homeless shelters, to spending a summer in a slum in india, to coaching</p>

<p>i want to go back to new england, so i have applied to tufts, northeastern, providence, conn college, trinity CT, hamilton, and union…do i have a realistic shot at any of these? does being an athlete help, even if i am a transfer…i would be a varsity athlete everywhere but northeastern and providence, because i do not want to have to sit out a year so i will only play if going to a D3…i heard coaches have no sway in transfer admissions, so i have not been released yet and have not talked to coaches yet…but these are schools i was recruited by out of HS…it's in my common app that i would be a student-athlete, so will admissions committees consider this? do i have a shot at these reaches because of my sport, even though i am a transfer? any help would be awesome! </p>

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<p>What division is your current school and what sport?</p>

<p>I am working through the transfer recruiting process with my S, who is also an athlete. Coaches do seem to have pull with admissions for transfers but the problem is you can’t talk to any of them until you get “permission to contact” from your current school. Also in the transfer apps we have looked at there was no place to put anything with regards to what you did in HS, the focus is on college GPA, if the common app let’s you enter more than HS GPA, great! My suggestion is to get permission to contact and reach out to prospective coaches.</p>

<p>Whether you can or can’t play next year depends on the sport and also your athletic and academic status at your current school. The NCAA publishes an annual transfer guide with all of the transfer regulations, if you haven’t seen it, take a look. There are specific conditions depending are the division you are in now and where you want to go. You may also find limitations depending on the conference the school you are attending now is in. In my S case, the current school will not grant him permission to talk to anyone in the same conference. </p>