<p>I am currently a junion in high school and am interested in hearing from girl athletes who are being recruited by Ivy League schools, particularly for team sports like soccer, field hockey and lacrosse. What has your communication been with the coach? What are your vital stats (GPA, SATs) and level of athletic competition? Anything else you could tell me would be appreciated. I will be in your shoes next year and I'm trying to find out what to expect. If you would prefer, you can contact me by PM. Thanks</p>
<p>if your going to be recruited they usually start communicating with your coach during your junior year first</p>
<p>Actually if you are going to be recruited and you are not a nationally-ranked player, you should begin communicating with the college coaches junior year. If they are interested, they can initiate contact with your high school/club coaches, but you need to contact them first to let them know that you exist and that you are interested in their program. They can't call you yet, but you can call them. They usually want a brief summary of your academic and athletic stats and any upcoming competition schedule. If they are interested, they will usually request a skills/game tape. They will need to know SAT scores to know if you are in the Ivy ballpark so take it as soon as you feel comfortably prepared.</p>
<p>check out the ivy websites. some of them (maybe most) have a link to recruiting info on their website. although i have a son, our experience was to contact the coach and fill out a recruiting questionnaire--and maybe check out camp information? take it from there...but that is a good place to start!</p>
<p>Four of my neices and nephews (these are brothers and sisters) were all Division I recruited soccer players. Their coaches (club, not HS) sent their athletic resumes to the college coaches of the teams and schools they were interested in (two were national players, on national championship teams, so this all started in sophomore year). If that hasn't been done for you already, I would suggest you get a resume together and get it out, in addition to contacting the coaches personally. It will all flow from there, i.e. game tapes requests, recruitment visits, etc. One of my neice's experience was the most variable- the Harvard coach wasn't interested, but the Yale one heavily recruited her. It can be very idiosyncratic, and dependant on the teams needs also. Good luck- they all loved/are loving their college/athlete experiences, and were smart to see it as a means to a great education.</p>
<p>Not know what you are looking for, what your athletic skill level is, etc., I can only guess that since you're asking about Ivy schools, you are not looking for an athletic scholarship but are instead looking for top academics. In that case, you might consider expanding your search to include the DIII schools. Some of them have sports teams that are as or more competitive than some Ivy counterparts. Others couldn't beat a good high school team. You have to investigate for your own sport. There is an athletic/academic match out there for every good athlete; it's up to them to find it.</p>