<p>When it comes to admissions, your swimming will only benefit you if the coach knows about you and puts you on his or her list. At any school, whether Division 1 or Division 3, each coach has a limited number of admissions slots, and that number is small, other than Ivy football, which a 30 slots (and there are a lot more than 30 football players who want those slots). </p>
<p>You need to meet with your coach and talk about what your attractiveness is as a college athlete, and then develop a plan to reach the schools at that level in which you have an interest. There may be additional programs or summer meets or summer camps that the college coaches attend that you should be attending to get discovered.</p>
<p>Most of the top schools will admit an athlete whose academics are somewhat below average (for that school) if the coach wants that person enough.</p>
<p>The good part about swimming is that it’s pretty easy to judge your caliber - all the pools are the same length, so your times are a clear indicator of how good you are. Other sports are harder to judge - all-league in basketball may mean a lot, or nothing, depending on the league.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>