<p>I know Uchicago probably doesn't recruit, but is there even a questionaire i can fill out for track/xc, whcih i plan on participating in in college. I don't really need any help in admissions, but I would like to know a little bit about the program. Would I simply email the coach and ask him what the team is like?</p>
<p>sounds like a good plan. You can also PM jack4640-- I believe he does track for Chicago.</p>
<p>Most schools have a recruiting form you can submit online which is a good way to start. Yes, D3's recruit, but cannot offer athletic scholarships. Rather, some will help with admissions (if necessary) or offer merit scholarships to attract top players. <a href="http://athletics.uchicago.edu/questionnaires/cctf-questionnaire.htm%5B/url%5D">http://athletics.uchicago.edu/questionnaires/cctf-questionnaire.htm</a></p>
<p>thanks, was looking for that link</p>
<p>The University of Chicago recruits pretty actively, actually. Student athletes regularly host sports recruits.</p>
<p>The school does not give merit scholarships to lure athletes.</p>
<p>I guess there is recruiting and recruiting. If you're a Plato-reading athlete, we want you to come like none other. If you're the next Larry Bird but you have a hard time getting yourself to open a book, we don't want you.</p>
<p>I was flipping through "Binge: What Your College Student Won't Tell You" by Barrett Seaman and he had a section on which he explained why he thought athletic "recruiting" in the Ivy League and the NESCAC or whatever (the league that Williams, Amherst, etc. are in) was ruining the academic quality of the schools. He complimented the UAA, Chicago's league, for putting school before sports.</p>
<p>(The other schools in the UAA are Emory, Wash U, Rochester, Case Western, Carnegie Mellon, Brandeis, and NYU. All good schools, all comparable in some way or another to Chicago. I know this because I'm in the gym all the time and I see the flags hanging up).</p>