<p>I am a squash player hoping to be recruited to Middlebury (looking at other ivies/ top schools so I am confident that the coach will be interested)I was wondering if someone could tell me my chances to get in, with the full support of the coach as well.</p>
<p>At a very compitetive school
took SAT's for the first time, 780 W, 660 M, 580 CR (this will go up)
Will take AP Economics, AP US Government, AP Environmental Science, Calculus
Have an 85 average (honor role is 87)</p>
<p>Varsity soccer 4 years, varsity squash 4 years (captain), varsity lacrosse 3 years
I was a league all star squash player my sophmore year and junior year
also participate in a lot of community service and will get great recommendations</p>
<p>Your GPA is low for Midd. Your SATs aren’t there yet either.
If you aren’t taking the hardest courses at your school, I don’t think they will be very interested, unless you have some other hook…</p>
<p>Midd’s squash team is very competitive. So, if you were my kid, I’d definitely send the coach an email expressing your interest in Middlebury along with your match results and other factoids that relate to success on the court (I don’t know squash, so I don’t know what those are). I would also follow up that email with a phone call to his office and try to visit the school and make an appointment to talk with him while there. I stress the follow-up, but do so without being annoying. Do not just fire off an email and expect response. </p>
<p>Yes, get your SAT scores up and/or test your chops on the ACT as well. I will say it’s interesting that there is such a disparity between your writing and critical reading, but critical reading score should be much higher. I am less concerned about the grades because I think the AP’s are helpful as an indicator of taking the hardest curriculum and I have no idea how competitive your school is. Some schools are very consistent about not inflating grades and others will have a lot of 4.0 students. </p>
<p>In the end, if you are sincerely interested in Middlebury, I think you will need to be sincere in expressing that interest and not be on a fishing expedition. Also… I have no idea how it works for squash, but you might be a little late to this particular party where the coach has his eyes on players already. But you won’t know unless you try. Best of luck to you.</p>
<p>I have actually already been in contact with, and met the coach. He was incredibly enthusiastic and has already asked me to come for an overnight in the fall. Does this change anything?</p>
<p>Sheesh… agree with Morandi… you’ve already done what you were supposed to do. Now, go for a visit and good luck!</p>
<p>To clarify my earlier post: I, as the parent, would NOT be contacting a coach. The process, as a whole, is to be student-athlete driven. That doesn’t mean parents don’t ask questions, it’s just that they should not be initiating contact.</p>
<p>Nice that the coach likes you. Just remember, not all recruited athletes are admitted. If someone with similar skills and a better academic record turns up, you are not going to get in.
I don’t mean to rain on your parade, but you are below the Midd average. I think someone not on the honor roll is likely not in the top 10% even if the school has tough grading. An upward trend will help a lot.</p>