German fencer moving to USA looking for a fencing school

[Mwfan1921]

I can’t add much, but you should take a look at this fencing recruiting thread that has been going on for years. Would your S be a 2023 HS grad?

The Only College Fencing Recruiting Thread You Need to Read

I receive numerous PMs inquiring about how NCAA individual and team rankings work. Leaving aside the former for a much broader conversation, team rankings are updated, as they are for other NCAA sports, throughout the regular season. Other than for bragging rights or perhaps some fun analysis, these standings are absolutely meaningless. Fencing programs are not vying for “bowl” invitations or invites to the Sweet 16. The most competitive teams in NCAA fencing have pretty much always been the same (certainly over the past 20 years or so and, yes, I know St. John’s won one about 2 decades ago): Columbia, Harvard & Princeton among the Ivies; OSU, Notre Dame, and PSU, among the “big box” schools. Regular season tournaments are test-runs for these top teams which are often works-in-progress. Injuries, gap years (e.g., during Olympic qualifying seasons), and the evolution of individual fencers very often determines the final berths to Regionals and, ultimately, to NCAA Championships. There …

Also, do note that college fencing scholarships are limited…I would advise you to not go in thinking that fencing will pay for college in the US. Most fencing scholarships are partial, and are a percentage of tuition, say 25% or so. Will you qualify for need based aid at US colleges?