<p>About the ‘eligibility requirements for intercollegiate athletics’ and ‘plan to partcipate in varsity athletics’,I have a whole bunch of questions : ).</p>
<li><p>checking terms
intramural - representing…yourself…? in competition within your residential college?
intercollegiate - representing your res college in competition between P’s res colleges?
varsity - representing P between competition between P and other schools? </p></li>
<li><p>what’s the difference between varsity and junior varsity?</p></li>
<li><p>When they ask if you plan to participate
a) how good do you have to be :S? National level for varsity? Can you just be mediocre and drop out/get kicked out/never make it on?
b) What sort of trials do you do to get on a team? For example, if I’m interested in cross-country, then do they give you a cut-off time (i.e. ‘you’re on if you can do a mile in 20 seconds’?) and if you make it, you’re on?
c) At the lower sporting levels,say, intramural (if my definitions in 1. are right) do a lot of people play for leisure? I hope so…hehe. At what stage does it become really intense and competitive and time-consuming?</p></li>
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<p>hehe pav, yea....I think I'm quickly developing an inferiority complex as I move out from my little high school in my little city to big fat amazing Princeton.</p>
<p>mea, about having an inf complex, wel... don't! </p>
<p>If we're gonna be the only students who will want to play some sport just for fun, and we'll get in everybody else's way, well, that'll be it! :D :D go party bloopers!! seriously though, i think it's impossible that everybody will be uber-competitive, in sports too. I'm expecting tons of fun, anyway, and i hope i aint gonna be disappointed :cool: :rolleyes:</p>
<p>oh, yes, and anybody with the answers, don't be shy :D</p>
<p>yay, pav, you're right. Nobody dribbles a basketball as badly as I do --> diversity. wooh! But yea, seriously, sports (even playing them badly) is a big part of what I do for fun. </p>
<p>At colleges, they don't call it a varsity team in a sport. It is a NCAA team which competes with other like colleges within a framework of rules and regulations. This governs the highest form of national college athletics. This is where a sport can make a difference in admissions, scholarship money may be available. The college usually provides the bulk of what is needed for the sport including special training session, uniforms, transportation, food, perks for this category of athletics. Though it is possible to walk on such a team, usually the coaches make sure they gather enough players to have a team. You usually have to be pretty good to play this level.</p>
<p>There are also other intra college teams that are set up more informally. It varies from college to college. Then there are the club sports, often skiing, tennis, squash as examples. Then the most informal type of organized sports leagues are the inter murals. It really depends on the college what the level of intensity is in a given sport. I have seen some club teams with some players that would be NCAA quality at other colleges. Some of the intramural kids have looked pretty good too.</p>
<p>yeah what about walking on to a good team like basketball for guys? if youre 6-4 and can dunk and shoot the lights out, why wouldnt they take you? would it be because u missed summer sessions?</p>
<p>I'm thinking about trying rowing for the first time at Princeton, do I have to fill this out? I was under the impression that they don't really have varsity/jv/club/intramural divisions, but I'm not really too sure...anyone? Prettyfish?</p>
<p>i would really only check that if either you've been recruited or have been in contact with the coaches. i think jamimom expressed it pretty well, and walk-ons though they do occur are rare. i mean inopa, if u were 6-4 and really good, you probably would have already been recruited. i think the point of the question is to get an idea how much time you might be gone, where you're interests lie, etc. also they often won't room athletes from the same team together because they want to give you the opportunity to meet as many people as possible. the coaches even tell you "add a note requesting not to be roomed with another person from the (insert sport) team"</p>
<p>and AR1788 they definitely have the divisions, tho i believe it goes varsity/club/intramural, there aren't really any jv teams in college.</p>
<p>Ohhh, ok, thanks! So I definitely wouldn't have to fill out the form, then? (the NCAA eligibility one we got in that huge packet with all the matriculation forms)</p>