<p>That’s great. I’d been wondering about you lately.</p>
<p>Lisa’s having a pretty good recruiting year. Gingerdaisys (on the D1WF point list) got an REA acceptance, and I’m 90% sure this year’s top MF recruit decided on Stanford, too.</p>
<p>Thanks for checking in, and congratulations. You were this year’s poster child for academic and athletic excellence.</p>
<p>Great news, ATastyB! Congratulations on this much-deserved result for all your hard work.</p>
<p>ATastyBurger</p>
<p>That’s wonderful!! Congratulations! Bet it’s great to be one and done as they say.</p>
<p>Just curious why you went with Stanford vs others you were looking at. Obviously no need to answer if you’d rather not discuss.</p>
<p>And Sherpa, does the top MF recruit going to Stanford have anything to do with proximity to SF and coaching available there?</p>
<p>I won’t talk about what I didn’t like about other schools (I hope you understand), but I’ll gladly say what attracted me to Stanford. </p>
<p>First of all, top of the line academics. Goes without saying.</p>
<p>Second, I liked the fencing coach and the atmosphere of the team. Really subjective of course, but instantly attracted me further.</p>
<p>Finally, the decisive factors (as other schools I was considering had both of the above) were the minor things. Like the weather, or the fact that I have a lot of family in San Francisco. Some friends of my parents work in the faculty. Suburban college town of Palo Alto. Mainly things like that, that really applied to my personal situation/preferences. </p>
<p>Overall, at the level of HYPS, I don’t feel that too many objective things can guide decision on where to commit or apply (at least from my experience). They all have great academics. They have all wonderful student bodies, professors, field of study, etc. At a certain point, things that start to matter are the personal preferences. Do you like residential colleges? Eating clubs? New England weather or Cali weather? Do you have relatives nearby? Do you want a smaller or larger student body? I heard often that you can often discount these so-called trivialities, and look at the bigger picture, but I’m inclined to disagree. They are all such great schools, that the only differences that can propel one in front of the other can and (in my opinion) should be personal.</p>
<p>Hope that helped. If you or anyone else has any questions, I’m more than happy to oblige!</p>
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It’s more complicated than that, but that’s a pretty big factor.</p>
<p>i just opened this thread since i’ve pretty much read and re-read all the posts in my usual route. like everyone else here, i am truly blown away by sherpa’s generosity, wisdom, and thoroughness. after my son’s recent acceptance ED, I must admit to a bit of adrenaline withdrawal but sherpa’s comments have me hooked - and to info re: a sport i know nothing about. good luck to all future recruits. </p>
<p>and tasty - u do the athletic recruits proud!</p>
<p>I would not let that fact discourage MF fencers from applying to Stanford. It is likely that their top MF fencer entering as a freshman in the fall will be busy fencing Junior and Senior World Cups abroad, and will not compete a full NCAA schedule. Other MF fencers will be needed to fill out the roster.</p>
<p>all good stuff, I probably should have read more of this before being approached by a few schools and approaching still others on our own. the school we were interested in really could care less and the schools that were absolute reaches we thought seem to be the ones most interested. go figure.</p>
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<p>I don’t think it’s a concern about having a spot on the team, rather about the support the coach would be able to provide when she already has one top recruit.</p>
<p>The major issue for Stanford fencing, from what little I know, is the lack of teams nearby to compete against. In fact, they only have 2 meets listed (in addition to NCAA regionals and finals) on their season schedule. Pretty meager.</p>
<p>Very true about Stanford. They have some excellent individual fencers ( eg, MF, WE) but really not much of a team as a whole due to the lack of top quality NCAA competition in the Western US. That’s why it’s a great school for fencers who wish to travel to fence World Cups. As far as support from the coach–what type of support do you mean?</p>
<p>Based on my experience my guess is that he was offered a recruiting spot at Stanford and none of the Ivys. If you want that advantage (it is a significant factor) you will be asked to commit. So there you have it!! It’s not about the weather.</p>
<p>Any suggestions on summer fencing camps? </p>
<p>Because my D is at a NE prep school near Boston, it is difficult if not impossible to get her to many fencing meets, since fencing is not a varsity sport and she is a boarder. She went to SN Y14 last year and ranked about 30th. She is still U rated. She could not make it to JO this year (but qualified). The prep schools do not like time off for “minor” sports.</p>
<p>Academically she will be competitive if she stays on the course she is on now - she is just a freshman but has had a strong start.</p>
<p>Not fencing at an Ivy isn’t the end of the world, nor is not getting an Ivy education. I’ve read a lot of post here on this site and having a daugther who has done well enough to be recruited (point list/SN & NAC medalist) in fencing without a coach. I am more concerned with the number of women that exit fencing when they get to the collegiate level. I’ve been to several NCAA championships and collegiate events and in some cases the teams fielding women fencers just aren’t that competitive and knowing that there are good women fencers that just quit the sport because they might not have gotten into a dream school seems like a lot of wasted energy and effort. Afterall it’s about education and opportunity and then using that knowledge learned in the classroom and on the strip isn’t it?</p>
<p>Hello Sherpa! I am a women’s saber fencer and though my grades/scores are not up to standard, quite, with the original poster, I have a similar GPA, All As, 2280 SATs, but my fencing results are also not quite as good. My best results were 24th individual cadet world cup 2012 and 3rd juniors summer nationals 2011. I’m an A2011 but I haven’t done much of notice lately (had a rough year/summer and bombed 2012 SN). Do I still have a shot at being recruited? I’ve been having difficulty, feeling like I’m old news, and there seems a wealth of academically strong female sabre fencers. What is the best way to get in touch with coaches? Is it even worth it in my case? Thank you!</p>
<p>You should have a lot of options. You’re academics seem fine for just about anywhere and a junior bronze shows you can compete at a high level. One thing to keep in mind is that very little recruiting is initiated by college coaches; it’s important to take a proactive approach. I’d start by emailing a combined academic/athletic resume to coaches at a few target schools and following up with phone calls. Now is the time to act. I don’t know what schools you’re interested in or what contacts you’ve had so far, but I’d recommend putting Northwestern, Cornell, Duke, Brown, and Penn on your short list. Also Haverford and Vassar if you’d like a LAC.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>Hello Sherpa! I am a men’s epee fencer.
This is my third year fencing and I’m currently a junior in high school.
I didn’t get a lot of training in my high school team my freshman and sophomore year as a foilist.
This past summer, with some approaches, I was coached by several coaches who fenced for the Chinese national teams and transitioned into an epeeist.
Last week, my first epee tournament was an E1 event and I won it.
My coach was impressed by my improvement and I was named the epee squad captain this year.
My coach is certain that I would be able to earn my B by the end of the season (February).</p>
<p>Grades wise, my composite GPA from freshman year is around a weighed 3.75.
But I took three AP courses last year and taking two this year as well as German as the third language.
SATwise, I will be taking the SAT I in May and SAT II in June.
I did some practice tests in the summer, I will be likely to earn a 2285 on SAT I at least.
And 800 for Math II and Chemistry subject tests and probably above 750 for German.</p>
<p>The schools I’m looking for are Penn State, Ohio State, Princeton, Yale, Stanford, Notre Dame, U Penn, Duke and Harvard.
As you said “fencers should recruit themselves”.
Can you evaluate my “little resume” and offer my some suggestions?
I’m planning on going to several NACs this year as “it’s the best way to earn win a B from a gold metal in division II”…
Thanks</p>
<p>Congratulations on earning your E.</p>
<p>My advice is to not rely on your fencing to get you into your target schools.</p>
<p>Realistically, you’d have to achieve some incredible results in a very short time to be recruited at these schools. Most recruits to these schools will be highly ranked on the junior and senior USFA points lists.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>One thing to note:</p>
<p>check out the team coaching at the NAC’s before seriously giving some of the marquee schools some consideration it seems some schools REALLY CARE ABOUT WHO WEARS THEIR COLORS AND THEIR and they offer on strip assistance to there #1 through 99 because it’s about the school and their program. Now other marque programs have favors (generally someone who they on the team) who they hope will be an inroads into a USFA program. Coaching support is so important to the development and mental health of the fencer----so take that into consideration. Because after two NAC’s it just seems like our selection was a big mistake all outcomes aside.</p>
<p>Which school has a better fencing program… Duke or Stanford?</p>
<p>The simple answer is that Duke has a better program, but it’s much more complicated than that. If you want to elaborate on the question, I’ll elaborate on the answer.</p>