Hi I’m a Sophomore about to go into my Junior year and I was wondering what some girls who got recruited to the following schools had for a 2k/5k times, and what I may need to get recruited. University of Virginia, University of North Carolina, Indiana University, University of California at Berkley, and University of Washington. Also which of these schools give scholarships, and how much? For reference I am 5’6" 140 pull a 7:44 2k. I have a 3.9 GPA, have a 28 on my ACT practice test, and an 1800 on the PSAT
Please Reply if you know anything 
I have no firsthand knowledge (so should probably not post, but you wanted “anything” 
), but my daughter has a lot of friends on crew, and the girls tell her that most of the top D1 schools are mostly looking for 5’9" or taller. So if you’re shorter than that, you need to compensate with spectacular erg times, etc.
@cmn107, I am sure you are also doing an internet search. Here is a snippet from a previous College Confidential thread (these are 2K erg times):
For erg times that put you in the “hoping for 100% scholarship” category, take a look at Crash-B results from 2011. Crash Bs are the largest and most reputable erg competition in the world. If your daughter is in line with the top 25 rowers ages 13-18, it seems likely (or at least we are hoping) those are the full ride rowers. Women’s Jr. Ltwt- 7:56; Women’s Jr. Open Weight- 7:32.
I have compiled the below times as a great starting point.
-Heavyweight men: 6:30 noticed, 6:10- very good
-Lightweight Men: 6:40 and under you’ll be noticed, best recruits are in the 6:30s
and 6:20s.
-Heavyweight Women: 7:20 – 7:30 good, 7:15 – 7:10 very good, 7:09 and lower
is excellent
-Lightweight Women: Under 7:50 is good, 7:40 and under is very good
These are starting points, and will get you noticed, if you are a member in a quality rowing club, and do some legwork on your own.
Division I and some Division II schools give out scholarships. Here is a search tool to find out if a school is D-I or D-II:
http://www.ncaa.org/about/who-we-are/search-school
University of California at Berkeley (“California” or “Cal”) is a powerhouse and definitely give out scholarships. I believe all the schools that you listed are D-I schools and give out scholarships.
You listed all D-1 schools, and D-1 schools CAN award 20 rowing scholarships to women, which can be split between athletes. All schools do not fully fund every team, but I think the ones you listed do. The next question would be how many athletes are on those teams. If it is 20, then everyone gets a full scholarship. If there are 40 on the team, then a few will have full scholarships and others will split some. It may be that everyone has a full scholarship when combined with merit money from the school.
Contact the coaches at schools you want to attend. It is tricky to do when you are in the junior year as they can’t return calls or emails, but they can contact you through your club or hs coaches. Keep updating them when your times improve. Talk to others at your club about how they approached the college search. Four women from my daughter’s class signed with D1 schools, so see if anyone in your area signed this year.
Are there West Coast colleges allowing rowing novice/walk ons? My daughter is a strong lacrosse player, who has recently been told she should consider rowing in college given her 5’8" height (112 lbs) and year round athletic history. She has a solid academic background with a 4.05 (W)/3.87 (UW) & 30 ACT. As a family, we have no background in the rowing arena. Please let me know your thoughts and suggestions.
@ccooke935, you might want to look into summer rowing camps offered at most of the universities with big rowing programs. My daughter, who does outrigger paddling, went to a camp last summer at Stanford to see if her skills were transferrable.