<p>Hi, I was wondering if there were some helpful tips on getting recruited. I don't have money to spend on recruitment websites, so what are some ways I can get discovered without breaking the bank?</p>
<p>Create a list of schools you are interested in, go to their websites and figure out the coach’s email address, create a one page player profile with your academic and athletic stats, and email the coaches. Also, fill out the recruit questionnaire on the website. If you play on a travel team over the Summer, each week email the coaches with your schedule and invite them to come see you play. Depending on the sport, a skills video can be a critical component. It does not need to be professionally edited. A friend with a video camera will do fine. The important thing is to stay in constant contact with a wide list of coaches and hope than one of them bites. You do need to, however, be realistic about your athletic abilities and not aim exclusively out of your league (a couple of reaches are fine), and if you are aiming for an Ivy, NESCA, Stanford or Duke, etc., also be realistic about your academic profile.</p>
<p>Go to berecruited.com and set up an account. It’s not very expensive, and my daughter has had great success since her freshman year. She also has one on CaptainU as well as NCSA. Both of those are free. You can pay to upgrade, but I wouldn’t recommend upgrading on NCSA. They’re very expensive, and with research and patience, you can do it yourself. Cast a wide net and look at schools that you are interested in at their athletic websites and your sport to see if you would be a good fit for their program. Good luck:)</p>
<p>@Heights Thank you! If I’m looking into Duke/Notre Dame, among the top 10 basketball schools which are also pretty selective academically, what will my gpa need to look like?</p>
<p>I’m more familiar with Ivy recruitment so I let someone else reply. Duke and Notre Dame basketball are pretty top of the heat so you must be a very special player.</p>
<p>@Heights Thanks again! I’m nothing special, I would consider looking into Ivy League but I’m afraid my academic profile is nowhere as impressive as the norm. </p>
<p>A good thing to do is poke around the roster biographies for the schools you are interested in and realistically compare your athletic pedigree to the current team members. That will give you some valuable insight into where you fit as a player – elite D1, Regional D1 power, Ivy, Patriot League, D3 NESCAC, D3 Centennial, etc. </p>
<p>Your academic profile does not have to be “the norm” for Ivy League schools if you are a sports recruit. 3.5 GPA and 1800 SAT scores are fine, and Ivies have taken lower than that (3.2 GPA and 1600 SAT Yale is an acceptance listed for my son’s school) Our take is that the better you are at sports, the lower the barrier is within reason.</p>
<p>You need to call & email coaches though.</p>
<p>smileback3x3 - Your title “Get discovered?” sounds like a hope and prayer not a strategy. Waiting for someone to discover you is a bad plan. There are way too many talented athletes that are going to spend way more than your limited budget to get the recruiting exposure they seek. I’d suggest taking a more logical approach based on your limited budget. 1) Be honest with yourself in terms of the level of athlete you are. 2) Research various showcases and venues to determne what coaches at your level will be attending this summer, fall, etc… 3) Communicate with these coaches (oftern) by email or phone. Some will not be interested. Don’t give up, and find coaches that are interested 4) Target a showcase, venue or camp that the interested coaches will be at. 5) Attend the showcase, venue or camp, and do extremely well…</p>
<p>rhandco - 3.5 GPA and 1800 SAT aren’t fine for ivy recruiting …they are ivy recruiting exceptions.</p>
<p>Listen to fenwaysouth - honest and prolific source of recruiting info.
If you’re a Duke caliber hoopster and past 8th grade, they would already know about you.</p>
<p>@fenwaysouth what is an Ivy League gpa norm?
@pardullet is there any chance of getting recruited for Duke/high profile D1 basketball schools during my
Junior year?</p>
<p>Do your research and EMAIL coaches starting now!! Find potential opportunities and chase them down. Your future athletic career is solely on your ability to contact coaches. Coaches love proactive, persistent student-athletes. I am a rising senior and the schools that are on the top of my list have been in contact with me since September. I began emailing coaches in August of last year and have been in contact with over 40 schools between two different sports. Don’t be afraid to put yourself out there.</p>
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<p>smileback3x3 - I agree with sg20194949. You need to get on the stick here, and quick. It is extremely difficult to get the necessary exposure to be recruited in just about any sport nevermind some of the most academically competitive schools in the world. </p>
<p>There is no “one” number with Ivy League recruits. It depends on the school, your academic and athletic talents relative to others in your sport as well as other factors. Please familiarize yourself with the Academic Index (AI) for ivy recruiting…that will give you an idea based on your stats. The “AI” is littered on this site, and you can google it. The same is true with NESCAC schools. Understanding their banding system is key to athletic recruitment. Lastly, figure out where these coaches will be this summer and seek to impress them with your skills and maturity. Good luck.</p>
<p>My son is an AI 218 right now. 3.7 weighted GPA, 2000 SAT, good subject test scores. He is 8 points above the cutoff for the highest tier.</p>
<p>3.5 and 1800 are lower obviously, but depending on SAT subject tests (which kids tend to pick based on strengths so can do better than the SAT), the recruit can be in the middle band easily. 3.5 GPA, 600/600/600 SAT, 600/600 two SAT subject give a 193 AI, which is in the middle tier, according to Tier One:</p>
<p>“We’re getting closer to the comfort range. This is still on the weaker side, but scores in this range may be adequate for highly desirable athletes in certain programs.”</p>
<p>I don’t think HYP would want a 193. But I would bet several non-HYP would take a 193 for a key player. Yes, the higher the better. Run the AI and see. My son was just above 200 before retaking the SAT and subject tests.</p>
<p>If the OP is targeting top ten nationwide basketball programs, he would definitely be a key player at an Ivy to have a chance at the top ten non-Ivies even as a bench sitter, IMHO.</p>
<p>Just an FYI, Band 4 at HYP this year is projected at 215/216. Dartmouth projects at 212-215. Don’t know about the others. And I might check the AI calculator again, because I think a 218 may be a bit high with a 2000 SAT and a 3.7 weighted GPA. I can say that the Tier One calculator is, in our experience, accurate. Two coaches have given my son a number which was either dead on or within one point of the number we calculated on the spreadsheet.</p>
<p>I’ve used the 2014 Calculator from Tier One as well, and came out with a 225.75 for
3.5 UW GPA. 35 ACT … SAT 1 2190 and Subject test of 790 and 770. </p>
<p>While it is possible that a very strong athlete is somehow overlooked by top basketball programs, I doubt it happens very often. If an individual hasn’t been aggressively recruited by basketball coaches at nearby schools, it is unlikely that he or she will be offered a spot at a top ten program. </p>
<p>Ohio Dad great article regarding your son and Princeton , you must be very proud. My email is <a href="mailto:grossoj@aol.com">grossoj@aol.com</a> and i would like the opportunity to pick your brain with some of what we have experienced this summer at pretty much all the same camps. If you are open to it please email me with so we can connect , would really appreciate it.</p>