<p>I'm a girl and I play lacrosse and was wondering how to get recruited for it by Princeton (D1 schools in general, but mainly Princeton). What are the best summer recruiting camps to attend? and how does the whole recruiting process work?? I also am wanting to major in physics there, as I have a passion for that. Would my major and the fact that I play sort of a minority sport give me a better chance of being recruited (obviously aside from my skill)?
PLEASE HELP!!! It is GREATLY appreciated! I've been googling for an hour and found just about nothing solid.</p>
<p>I dont know much about recruiting for womens lacrosse, but my son is a recruited athlete at Princeton. Here are my comments and suggestions.
You need to contact the head coach and the recruiting coordinator for your sport. You can find their names and email address on the Princeton Athletics web site. Send a cover letter and resume describing yourself and your accomplishments, tell them you are very interested in Princeton, and ask then to consider you for a spot on their recruiting list. If you do not take the initiative to contact them, then your chances drop to near zero.
You need to present a good case why you would be an attractive candidate for them. Our observations from our sons experience suggest that the screening process went like this:
Are you academically qualified? The coaches cannot get you approved by Admissions if you cant demonstrate capacity to manage the academic work at Princeton, so you need to show them your SATs, grades and academic accomplishments. My sons coaches told us they are looking for SATs and SATII scores at 700+ (or the ACT equivalent). They told us they cant tell anything from overall GPAs, but they want to see high grades and a strong AP/Honors course selection. The stronger your academic credentials, the better chance you will have. There may be academic exceptions for world-class athletes in some sports, but at Princeton the exceptions are rare.
Are you big/strong/fast enough to compete effectively at the college level? It varies by sport, but only about 5% of high-school-senior athletes go on to play Division I sports. This means everyone you will play against in college will be as good as the First Team All-Star roster for your league. If you are not bigger/faster/stronger than almost everyone on your team or in your league, you have a tough road ahead. The coaches will want to know your height, weight, speed and strength up-front.
Are you a skilled and effective competitor? The coaches will want to see you in action on the field, in person if possible and on video if not. You can make up for some physical deficiency with skill and effectiveness; physical attributes wont carry the day if you lack basic skills and effectiveness.
Once you have your information together, send it to the coaches via email and/or mail. Include a short video of yourself in action on the field if you can pick your best 3-5 minutes if possible.
Dont be discouraged if you dont get an immediate response. The coaches may get hundreds of unsolicited letters, and they do not always look at the materials right away. Also, there are NCAA rules that limit how often they can call you, and I think the Princeton coaches are conservative in their response. No news is not necessarily bad news dont hesitate to follow up after a week if you do not hear anything. You are allowed to call or send messages to coaches anytime.
Sometimes, they will send you a standard form for you to fill out or ask you to enter your name and information on their web site. I dont think this request is either good news or bad news it just helps them keep track of people. Fill it out and send it in.
If you can, visit the school on a day when you could meet with the coaches. Most coaches make themselves available for meetings like this, if they are in town and available in their office. I dont think an unofficial visit and personal expression of interest is essential, but it does help ensure that the coach has at least looked at your file.
If you dont get any interest, it might reflect a variety of different reasons. Perhaps the team already has strong players at your position, and is looking to fill other spots. Maybe the coach made a mistake. You can still apply anyway something more than 9 of 10 admitted students are not recruited athletes.<br>
Finally, there are a lot of great colleges out there. Pick out the ten or so that you like the most, and contact the coaches at all of them. Who knows what might materialize?</p>
<p>You might want to fill out this basic questionnaire and send it in to the coach at Princeton.</p>
<p>[PRINCETON</a> WOMEN’S LACROSSE PROSPECT QUESTIONNAIRE](<a href=“http://www.princetonrecruits.com/recruit_admin/questionnaires/questionnaire.php?id=7]PRINCETON”>http://www.princetonrecruits.com/recruit_admin/questionnaires/questionnaire.php?id=7)</p>
<p>What you mean by a “minority sport”? Do you mean you might be unique if you’re not white and you’re playing lacrosse, which is a really white sport? Or do you mean that lacrosse isn’t the “biggest” sport out there? If it’s the latter, you should know that those sports (lacrosse, squash, fencing, rowing, etc) are where Princeton typically shines relative to the rest of the country.</p>
<p>You need to go to the Athletic Recruiting part of CC - under Specialty Topics section (or something like that!). There are lots and lots of people over there with extensive experience in athletic recruiting for ivies and other elite D1 schools. Good luck!</p>
<p>You just have to get in contact with the coach and express your interest in the program. Show some tape of yourself playing, maybe statistics, and give the coach your test scores/GPA.</p>
<p>I emailed the Princeton coach in December (way too late) of my senior year and he gave me the marks I had to hit to be on the team and asked me for some general information. From there you just have to stay in contact with the coach and update him/her on your season. I managed the recruiting process poorly because I started late and didn’t know what to do. You are a junior so you still have time to get on top of everything.</p>
<p>Your major probably has nothing to do with it. The coach cares about academics as far as you being eligible for admission and competition. Aside from that, the better your scores and GPA, the easier it will be for that coach to help get you in.</p>
<p>And, of course, you’ve gotta be at a high level athletically.</p>
<p>Generally, D1 recruited women’s lax players have many if not all of the below:
All-American
All-State
All-League/District
Extensive club/travel team experience
Attends camps and showcases
4 year high school varsity starter
Team MVP</p>
<p>For schools like P’ton, the above of course are <em>in addition to</em> rocking grades & test scores.</p>
<p>A quick piece of advice: don’t discount the chance to be ‘recruited’ based upon the fact that you have a passion for physics and you are female. An interested professor or dept head who wants to build the # of women in science/math/eng programs can often have influence in the admissions process, much like a coach who wants a certain athlete.</p>
<p>I’ve edited my insightful, thoughtful, and brilliant reply because I just realized this was a bump of an old thread. Sciencegirl9 is long gone.</p>