<p>I'm a pretty good JV Swimmer at my school. Our school is ultracompetitive in this sport so being on the JV is actually an honor. I've only been on the JV team at my school for one year and was hoping next year I would get to be varsity, but as for this semester, I'll still be on the JV.</p>
<p>My grades are excellent and I'm relying on those as well as my EC's/cultural experiences/passion to lead the way. But I REALLY want to do intercollegial swimming in my undergrad years.</p>
<p>Will schools like Rice and Georgetown (and possibly Harvard?) even allow former JV swimmers to become regular swimmers at their schools? Or are those swimmers strictly recruited ones from the Varsity?</p>
<p>Please answer my question...I'm so confused about college athletics!</p>
<p>if you are good enough to make the team (aka able to score points in conference meets), then definitely call the coach</p>
<p>if you are good enough that you won't get last at every meet, then it is definitely worth while to contact the coach and they would not care JV or varsity if your times are good</p>
<p>and rice, georgetown, harvard are not the most competitive swimming schools (harvard more than the other two)</p>
<p>im a swimmer so if you have any questions just PM me</p>
<p>Most varsity athletes at the most competitive sports school will not be recruited. Swimming complictes things further because it's not a money sport.</p>
<p>I wouldn't mention the fact that you're on JV. Just tell them your PRs and achievements when you contact them. I don't think you should be looking at D1 if you were only on JV though. I don't care how good your school is.</p>
<p>Whew! That's incredibly helpful. Thanks guys!
One more uninformed question, though...should I contact the coaches right now or later this fall? I am not planning on applying EA/ED to any of these schools.</p>
<p>If you want assistance in the admissions game, NOW. You probably should've started contacting them during the fall of your junior year. And odds are they already have their recruits lined up for this upcoming year.</p>
<p>You can contact them, they can't contact you. I doubt you will get any help for admissions though. They might let you walk on the team though.</p>
<p>You should also go on the schools website and look at the roster for the swim team and check if their PRs are anywhere close to yours. If not, well look D3 or something.</p>
<p>dank08,
im pretty sure that coaches could start contacting potential recruits on july 1</p>
<p>to OP,
at least email the coach or fill out potential athlete form on school's website to show that you are interested. if you happen to visit the schools you are interested, try to meet the coach.</p>
<p>You might want to go to usaswimming.org, look up time standards. I don't know for sure, but just by looking at some of the times from past season at the schools you are looking at, you should have at least sectional times to be competetive.</p>
<p>OP: If you want to know if you are competitive for a particular school's swim team, go to last year's NCAA records for your events and see if you are anywhere close to the listed times. Once you establish that you are competitive for the range of team members at the school, mail the swim coach a packet including the following: unofficial transcript, swim times, swim resume, numbers of HS coach and Club coach, SAT/SAT II scores, copy of upcoming schedule, and (optional) photo. Include an introductory letter explaining who you are, what you do, and why you think you are a good fit for their school/swim team. Then follow up with an email or call. If they are interested, you will know shortly. If you are going to be a senior, they can call you back. If not, you have to call them. I would not recommend filling out the internet interested athlete forms as a primary introduction, but rather use that as a back up. If you can help the coach win, let them know asap. Good luck.</p>