<p>My son (a junior) is an average student at an average high school school.
He plays USTA tennis and has a national ranking between 300-400 in
the Boys 18. He should be able to get into Rutgers and TCNJ.
I wonder what's his chance of getting accepted into one of the better schools like Swarthmore, Haverford, Bucknell, Johns Hopkins, etc.</p>
<p>I also like to know which of these schools have easier workload once you get it.</p>
<p>What are his other stats?</p>
<p>I think Haverford would like to have some tennis players, so your son might have a chance there. I've read a lot of articles somewhere about how Haverford was trying to recruit more athletes so they can add diversity to the student body and improve their sports teams. I'm not good enough to play college tennis (the highest I was ever ranked in the USTA was #14 in the state, didn't qualify for a national ranking), yet their tennis coach has been calling and sending me information ever since January.</p>
<p>beware, Haverford is not a reliable recruiter, because the coaches do not get auto admits there. There was a big article about it this past year. tennis dad, i replied in your parents' forum thread.</p>
<p>I'm interested in this. I'm currently a sophomore, but I'd just like a little headstart. </p>
<p>Say I get a top 200 ranking in my country (India). Would that be good enough for DIII schools?</p>
<p>tetrisfan, good for you that you're starting your planning early. When you say "Would that be good enough for DIII school?" Do you mean whether your skill level will make you a starter on the team? Or do you mean the D III coaches will pursue you and help you get into their school?
In either case, I'm not sure if the DIII coaches here know very much about how the level of competition in India is. If you're ranked in the top 200 in the US nationally, you should be a solid starter in the schools mentioned. But you'll still need to do some calculation as to the combination of your tennis skill and your academics will guarantee your admission. Try to talk to some top 200 players in your country and see if they had success in the past. Videotape some of your play and mail them the some of the US coaches that you're interested in. Good luck.</p>
<p>tetrisfan, </p>
<p>You can scan through the player rosters of the D3 schools you like and google some of the players. You ought to be able to find out some rankings that way... </p>
<p>If at all possible time any visit to the US to coincide with a regional collegiate D3 championship, where you can see players from a bunch of D3 schools in action at the same time. You can watch the players who are #1 and #2 on each school's team and see how your game compares to theirs.</p>
<p>My D was top ~100 in So California, but again we had no idea where this placed her nationally, nor how this equated to D3. She played in a charity tournament with an ex Vassar player who encouraged her to look at Vassar.</p>
<p>Attending a regional championship of some D3 schools that interested her, we saw the difference between the Vassar version of D3 (extremely good, nationally ranked team & players) the Hamilton version (nipping at the heels of the national top 25, but not there) and the even-lower D3's (TCNJ) in the same region. </p>
<p>In my D's case she was qualified for the Vassar team but not a strong recruit there. She would have been a sub on that team at best. Vassar was a school she liked a lot, but there (we saw) she'd have to get admitted 'on her own.' This jibed with the coach's behavior, she was nice and encouraging but not panting to get my D.</p>
<p>The school she wound up attending is not in the National top 20, but a place she was enthusiastically recruited and started as a freshman.</p>
<p>It all depends on how much you "need" tennis to help get you in to a better school and how much you want to start. For us, a first-hand view was invaluable.</p>
<p>To find out about regional tourneys, look at the schedules on the team web pages of the schools you are interested in, they will list regional tournament dates. Lots of teams take spring break trips to unofficial 'warm up' tourneys before their spring seasons, too.</p>