<p>Hi, this is my first post, so tell me if I'm doing something wrong!</p>
<p>I was just wondering why colleges don't recruit lightweight scullers. I'm from India, and have been sculling throughout my time rowing.</p>
<p>Is it just that they don't actively promote lightweight sculling, or does it not exist? I'm especially interested in the Ivy League and MIT...</p>
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<p>finally!! Post 15!!! Now I can PM!</p>
<p>Lightweight Scullers are heavily recruited by the US Colleges who row lightweights. They just don’t scull in college. The row in 8’s. Still, the skill is highly valued. Fill out the colleges recruiting forms and see where it leads you.</p>
<p>Cool, thanks! Why not though?</p>
<p>Because the US colleges only sweep. What’s most important is your 2K ERG time and/or racing results sculling.</p>
<p>Thanks, but what I was asking was why they only sweep…is it some kind of tradition, or is there a reason?</p>
<p>@werewolf</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, HYP included. I can give you a bit of my stats (these are when I was a Junior/first semester senior): </p>
<p>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 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, especially for HYP.</p>
<p>I recommend that you get in contact with the coaches of lightweight rowing schools as soon as the Winter of your junior year in high school. They will have limited contact with you before July 1st (due to some kind of NCAA rule), but you definitely want to get your name out there. Don’t be scared to email the coaches.</p>
<p>Also, do you erg? You will want to have 2k results…that’s what coaches will use to evaluate your athletic abilities to see if they want you as their athlete.</p>
<p>PM me if you need help or advice.</p>
<p>Thanks!! And yes, I do erg, but not 2k…in India 2k is only for the open nationals. Junior nationals is 1k.</p>