<p>Ok, so my friend is interested in rowing for Harvard's Lightweight crew. He is a junior who currently has a 3.76 unweighted GPA (4.25 weighted) with a rigorous course load (7 APs so far, a mix of 4s and 5s on all of them, plus lots of other weighted courses) and approx. an 1900 on the SAT 1 and low 700s to high 600s on his two SAT II subject tests. </p>
<p>Would his stats give him a pretty good shots at admissions? (Erg score is around 6:40) Any help will be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>Others here are more in tune with rowing, but I think he seems in range. A little higher on the SAT and maybe a little bit better erg would certainly help.</p>
<p>As a junior with ~6:40 (as in high 1:30’s or very low 1:40’s)? that isn’t a bad start. How long has he been rowing? Any major regatta results? He’ll definitely want to get that 2k down by the end of this season, definitely low 6:30’s. Doesn’t sound like a bad start however. Just tell him to keep up his schoolwork and keep down his erg scores.</p>
<p>Sorry if this is not the response that you wanted. My good friend was recruited by Harvard Lights. He pulled 6:36, had a 3.96 UW GPA, 4.52 Weighted, 2240 SAT and 740+ on subject tests and didn’t get in. Look to other Ivy schools, probably a better shot.</p>
<p>the problem here is that erging and rowing (putting the actual orr into the water) are two different things. you may erg at 6:16 and then you go on the boat and start catching crabs.</p>
<p>both of you (Mr(s). Haberdasher123 and Mr(s). Halobi 17) should calm down a bit. calling someone a liar is not the best way to start or continue a conversation. as to why would anyone try to lie to answer a question when there is seemingly no personal gain in sight? well, boasting is a personal gain, or sounding knowledgable when actually not knowing as much as one’s is leading others to beileve. most of your writing is not too helpful to the person who asked the initial question. get your erg time down to 6:30 and improve your GPA and SAT scores, and you will have a shot. you can also fill out a recruitment questionnaire on Harvard’s website. maybe the coach will contact you and will let you know what Harvard needs from you in order for your to be on its crew team. good luck!</p>
<p>I am a rising freshman at the University of Pennsylvania. I was recruited as a lightweight rower this past year, and I’d like to give you guys some insight on what it’s like. I was being pursued by almost all the D1 lightweight rowing schools, Harvard included. I can give you a bit of my stats (these are when I was a Junior/first semester senior):
2k: 6:32.1
6k: 20:58.2
GPA (unweighted): 3.67
ACT: 33 (I didn’t take any SAT II’s)</p>
<p>I can tell you right now you (nadal354) are on the right track to being recruited by an Ivy League school. Harvard is definitely one of the most competitive in terms of recruiting, and they require a lot from their prospective recruits. I would definitely recommend you try to lower your 2k as much as possible, and get great race results as well (I won the ML2x at Youth National Championships in 2012). As far as academics go, your ACT/SAT will probably have to be at least a 30/31 or 2000+, but the higher it is, the easier it will be for coaches to recruit you. </p>
<p>I recommend that you don’t limit yourself to Harvard. Many other lightweight schools, like UPenn, Dartmouth, Cornell, etc., have so much to offer athletically and academically. It may, in fact, be easier to get recruited to schools besides HYP just because they require a bit lower academic standards than HYP. </p>
<p>PM me if you need help or advice.</p>