<p>what about this years crew recruits???????????????????</p>
<p>sudaney4ever, are you Crew recruit?</p>
<p>Cookiemom (or anyone else who knows)</p>
<p>You wrote, "They try to field two boats for heavy and light, but they don't always succeed. There was only one heavyweight 8 boat last year. And no they don't accept all recruits. That's why they depend on walk ons to fill the boats."</p>
<p>Can you please explain what you mean by "they don't accept all recruits"</p>
<p>I thought you are only a recruit if the coach and the school want you; if the coach wants you and the school doesn't, then you haven't been recruited - you've just had dialogue with the coach. Am I using the word incorrectly?</p>
<p>I wonder how many rowers who have the qualifying erg score AND the qualifying academics do not get accepted....</p>
<p>My daughter (hs junior) is a lightweight rower (under 130, 5'7"). Her erg score is currently 8mins for 2k, but she expects to be substantially lower in the next year (ie, down to about 7:30 or 7:45). There are very few schools that have lightweight rowing:</p>
<ul>
<li>Princeton (her 1st choice; academics = physics & math)</li>
<li>Harvard - she hasn't seen, but isn't interested</li>
<li>MIT - she's seen, and would only consider for graduate work</li>
<li>Stanford - too far; interested for graduate work</li>
<li>Univ of Wisc at Madison - interested as match/safety</li>
<li>Lehigh - interested as match/safety; still unclear about whether or not they have lightweight</li>
<li>Ohio State - not interested; competitive club</li>
<li>Bucknell - not interested</li>
<li>Georgetown - not interested</li>
</ul>
<p>And that's about it for her rowing options! Yale, Dartmouth & Penn have rowing, but it's hard to know if she'd get seat placement when competing against the heavyweights... (altho I know she'd try - very competitive)</p>
<p>She visited Princeton earlier in October, met with one of the lightweight coaches, and went out in the launch with him. She'll keep him updated on her erg scores as they improve, as well as on her other achievements.</p>
<p>It's ironic that she finally found a sport that she loves and is good at, but may not have the opportunity to do at college.</p>
<p>If anyone has any info about great schools with women's lightweight rowing opportunities, send them my way!
Thanks in advance</p>
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<p>Coaches have lists of athletes that they have recruited that they submit to the admissions office. However, the admissions office decides who on the list gets admitted. </p>
<p>My S rows for Princeton and is a math/physics major. It's very unususal for someone to be able to both row and complete such a demanding major. However, it can be done, good luck.</p>
<p>After reading the articles on being a walk on.. I don't know what I would want to do if acccepted. I'm a HS rower, but I'm not on the level of recruits to Princeton (I met the tpo recruit from Class of 2010 and they really do take the best of the best). I'm only 6'2"ish and for Princeton heavyweights, that's small. Who knows if I would be able to compete against 6'5" walkons after two months? Genetics... because of them you win some you lose some.</p>
<p>its not just height. they also weigh in at about 220-230 pounds.... so if u r in that region u probs still have a shot</p>
<p>Actually, that's too heavy. They ideally should be 190 -200 lbs. My S is 6'3" and 185.</p>
<p>I'm 172 at the moment, a little light.</p>
<p>Was there a recruit list for wrestling?</p>