<p>I don't know if this is a stupid question or not, but if I plan on walking onto a school's (hopefully ivy) golf team, could this possibly help admission chances? I have never officially played golf on my high school team due to my commitment to spring track, however i consistently shoot 78-83's's when i recreationally golf. just wondering :)</p>
<p>when you say “walk-on”…does that mean that they’ve recruited you already? Or that you plan on joining when you are accepted to the school?</p>
<p>not recruited. i plan on joining when/if accepted.</p>
<p>The colleges won’t give any weight to it because it’s a completely unknown quality besides another interesting fact about you as a whole. Nice scores-- best of luck regardless</p>
<p>Avril Lavigne once said in one of her songs “Lay back, it’s all been done before.” I don’t think it’ll help- sorry I know I tough admissions are.</p>
<p>Ah the thing is, since you’ve never competed on a school team/won national or regional competitions or anything like that, they probably won’t care :/</p>
<p>But you can definitely enjoy tennis at whatever school you go to! Just don’t expect it to help you in admissions</p>
<p>It’s not that the eventual team won’t care. If you’re indeed that accomplished, they’ll LOVE you to try out for their team. It’s just that at this time, they have no way to verify your abilities – and therefore you won’t receive any extra consideration because of it. Once you’re admitted somewhere, the coaches will be very happy with their surprise freshman walkon.</p>
<p>It’s like if I were to claim that I’m an olympic caliber sprinter. If I actually haven’t competed nor can I submit verification of my claims, why would any track coach spend their recruiting capital on me?</p>
<p>There are a few sports at the Ivy level where recreational athletes could walk-on: sprint football, some crew, and of course club sports. But sports like tennis (my sport) and golf are impossible to walk-on. First, the teams are relatively small. Second, there are tons of very accomplished golfers out there who, life you, want to attend an Ivy. Pick a school and look at their scores (they’re shoting from the blue tees, too). Good luck.</p>
<p>I can’t speak for the Ivy League programs, but your scores would be below average for most college golf programs. Plus, it appears that you haven’t played competitively yet. You will find that a recreational 78 might turn in to a 98 real quickly under tournament conditions and pressure.</p>
<p>Here is a rule of thumb used by a college golf coach friend of mine – he only recruits kids that can shoot par or better at least every other round of golf on their home course. Those kind of kids will “recreationally” average 2 to 6 under par on their home tracks.</p>
<p>Not trying to discourage you, but you probably need to get a lot better before you try to play college golf.</p>
<p>That you might try out for any ivy team is not going to mean anything for admissions. Also, you need to do some soul-searching because shooting 78 to 83 in recreational golf is not going to get you on any ivy league team where most team players are shooting par to mid-70s on difficult courses under the pressure of tournament conditions and the difference between averaging 80 per round as a reacreational player and averaging 74 as a tournament player is a huge difference.</p>