<p>is it possible to walk-on in D1 for ut austin , tcu , or maybe u-oregon. I know you have to run your @$$ to get make it. I plan on doing it.</p>
<p>Not sure what sport you are considering. Remember that most coaches spend time and money recruiting each class, so a last minute addition may either fill a needed spot, or just be an annoyance. I would suggest reaching out to the coach and letting him/her know that you are interested and ask how you can try out for the team. Also, do some reseach of the previous few rosters, looking for freshmen listed, and compare to the announcement of the new freshman class from that year. If you find that every freshman listed was also listed in the prior February announcement as being signed, then the coach may appear to be unlikely to take walk-ons.
There's always stories of teams with a great player here and there who were walk-ons. I'd go into it with eyes open and having done some research.</p>
<p>I hope for your sake that you are just sick at whatever particular sport you play. Those are some big state schools with strong programs. I hope you stay realistic but good luck anyways.</p>
<p>If you're talking about football, forget about it. There are preferred walk ons at big time schools like those, who turn down D-I offers to walk on.</p>
<p>Football/basketball/probablybaseball? No. If you aren't hearing from any scouts right now you are not good enough to walk on at a D1 program, especially those. Other sports I don't know much about so who knows.</p>
<p>I ment to say xc(cross country) and track(1 mi , 5000m)</p>
<p>Anything track at UO, unless you have D1 offers, no way.</p>
<p>You might try going to each school's athletic website, searching the stats for current runners, and comparing your times. If you are competitive with the times of current team members, you would have a good chance.</p>
<p>look at the times of the current roster. Unless your times are as good or better, you won't make the team. Again, contact the coach asap and have that discussion with him/her, not us.</p>
<p>@dion. Did you say that anything on the UO track is out of the question.</p>
<p>UO has the #3 track team in the country...</p>
<p>I'm familiar with TCU. Their athletic program is good, but not great. To be honest with you, yes, if you haven't heard from any scouts, then UT and Oregon are out of the question. Try TCU though. It's a smaller school that pales in comparison to big time D1 programs so I think you should be able to at least get a try out with that team.</p>
<p>For what it's worth, my father walked onto a big ten track team (Michigan) but that was a long time ago and I'm sure that the times have changed.</p>
<p>Times have definitely changed.</p>
<p>anyone know about the tcu xc team and track team. i know their still DI, but their guy's xc team is kind of small.</p>
<p>Best bet is to research their roster from the past two years. YOu should be able to see their times at meets. Also google the younger members and their state to see how they did as a senior in high school. That gives a good idea of the range on the team.</p>
<p>A former member of my track team was a "walk on" for the University of Michigan a couple years ago and she wasn't extraordinary in any sense. She came from a public school in Hawaii, where the track standards are much lower than most places in the United States. I'm sure she was nearly as fast as most of the freshman recruits but she did end up quitting track on the collegiate level. So if your times match, you might be able to walk on, but you might not necessarily cut it in the long run.</p>
<p>No offense, but I would assume women's track is different in this regard.</p>
<p>your friend walked on and quit? that is not a ringing endorsement for the ability to walk on to a D1 team successfully</p>
<p>if you haven't had contact with the coach, then you have no chance. You won't be able to just show up in the fall. If you talk to him ahead of time, and share your time information, etc, the coach will offer you a chance to tryout, if he is interested.</p>
<p>my friend recently walked onto the SMU (Div 1A) football team. went through tryouts and everything and really stood out with his athleticism. funny thing was that we didnt have football at our high school and he has never played football in his life.</p>
<p>with that said, i think anything is possible with hard work</p>