<p>So, I'm a swimmer and being in a non-revenue sport I had been wondering about this question for a while. Well, i know that the admissions decision is definitely influenced by the fact that they are a recruit, and this goes for all sports. That being said, I plan to early action to all the colleges I'm applying to and I wanted to know if I will be offered admission due to my recruit status. I know that gpa does play a role, but if my chances would be slim as a normal student and I were being a recruit.. would I be offered admission? All of this is happening BEFORE I make my official decision, which is why i couldnt find any answers on other websites. if i was being looked at as a recruit and my admission decision would come in before i made my decision about where to swim for in college.. would i be automatically accepted due to my recruit status? or at least get a leg-up on admission over narps (non athletic regular people)? and this only applies to D1 schools (no ivy leagues). Thanks!!</p>
<p>Are you not planning on signing in November? My son is also a swimmer and if his recruiting goes successfully he will probably only apply to the school that he signs with in November. I would guess that the coaches will ask for transcripts and test scores to make sure he is within the range. I would guess that as long as your stats are in the middle 50% you will be fine. Does that make sense? Are you being recruited now? Are you emailing with coaches? You could always ask them via email. </p>
<p>It depends entirely on the school and the coach. You contact the coach, filling out the info sheet that is on the schools websites. The coach will then let you know what the procedure will be for you. At some schools, you may bet special status and get admitted outside of the usual early and regular notification dates. At others, you may have to apply just like any other student. My son was under some pressure to apply ED to one particular school, but we did not feel he was ready at that time to make that commitment. In his case, he applied EA and RD, and did get a number of acceptances and it worked that way with some other swimmers as well. He ironicially ended up at a school to which he did not apply. THe coach there called during the application review session and pretty much told him he was in if he just sent the app. THe coach did have unofficial test scores and transcript in hand. </p>
<p>But I can tell you the process can differ from athlete to athlete at even the same school, same sport as well as among the schools. There is no one way to do this. </p>
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<p>I’ve only seen Early Action language coupled with “Single Choice” or “Restrictive” for high academic schools. If you can find Early Action that is “non-restrictive” then I guess you are in business. But I wouldn’t necessarily count on the coaches support with Admissions until you’ve verballed committed to the program. Coaches want to know a recruit is committed to the program otherwise they can spend their time recruiting someone else. Put yourself in their shoes.</p>
<p>Almost all athletic recruiting that I’ve come across requires a verbal commitment that the athlete will apply Early Decision or Early Action in exchange for the coaches support with Admissions. </p>
<p>For a D1 swimming recruit there are a few dates that are important to keep in mind. Early action applications are generally due Nov. 1, the national letter of intent early signing date is Nov. 15, and early action decisions are released on Dec 15. This means that a coach will be preparing the early NLI before the early action deadline. Because of this I would only assume that you are getting admission assistance during EA from the school that you are planning on signing a NLI with.</p>
<p>Quick answer is no, longer answer is it depends on the school. </p>
<p>D was offered a big scholarship at a small D1 school with great academic reputation. We were very excited because we thought this meant admissions was now a non-issue. So we applied and then got wait-listed. Called coach, he said he didn’t have any influence over admissions except giving his list of recruits to the Ath Dept. Told us they couldn’t promise an answer before signing day (Feb). </p>
<p>Luckily about 3 weeks before signing day she got email from Admissions that she had been admitted. Did athletics play a big part? Probably but we will never know for certain. </p>
<p>The school that my D will be attending, the coach, wouldn’t even talk to her until the academic pre-read was over and his admissions people told him that she would get in. This was done last Summer (July-Sept) and once admissions confirmed that she could get in on her own academic merit, then the coach made an offer to her. So for her, admissions had to give her approval before coach would really talk to her. I’m sure every school has their own way of handling things and the coaches would probably be the best ones to tell you how their school does it.</p>