<p>So, I'm a senior and lightweight rower at a public high school in Canada. I've been talking with the coach at the university of pennsylvania, but the issue has been my SAT scores.</p>
<p>I've taken the test twice (First time: 1950, M 650, CR 640, W 660. Second time: 1920, M 660, CR 670 and W 590) I also did a rough calculation of my GPA and I believe it would fall around 3.7. My school doesn't offer IB or AP courses</p>
<p>My 2k is 6:40 and I've won multiple high profile races (Canadian high school national bronze, Canadian Henley Gold, HOCR eighth), as well as only being 150 pounds, so I still have a lot of room to improve.</p>
<p>Could anyone provide some insight into what's going? I've heard of kids with lower SAT scores and slower 2k's getting support so would anyone have some idea as to what is holding me back? (My guess is the SAT score)</p>
<p>Back in September he had said that before they decided to “full pursue” me in recruiting, they wanted to see my October SAT scores
Then when I updated him on those scores, I had said there was some bad news on the SAT front. In his reply, he agreed that it was bad news, and asked if I was taking the test again</p>
<p>Did you have a preread? If so, has the coach shared the result? The coaches are normally pretty forthright about what needs improvement. Have you tried the ACT, by the way? Some people do better with that test, my kids included.</p>
<p>You are right, it’s not just the 2k, it’s a combination of things, and it differs for every program. Some coaches love those top results, others don’t care. I think your weight makes you an attractive candidate and your grades look fine. I think you need to find out exactly what admissions wants to see, and then try to make it happen. I’m pretty sure some of the lightweight programs have OVs for regular decision.</p>
<p>Yes I gave the coach my transcripts in the summer. He had said I was “in the middle of the pack” in both academics and SAT scores (I had some personal issues in the 9th and 10th grades so my grades weren’t quite what the ivy league looks for in those years)</p>
<p>I’ve also looked into the ACT
I asked the coach what sort of position I was in for recruiting, and have yet to receive a response but he’ll hopefully get back soon.</p>
<p>There are other posters here that know more about D1-Ivy admissions, so they may give you better insight than me.</p>
<p>The “no response” is difficult “coach speak” to decode. Sometimes it means that the coach is on the disorganized side of things and just hasn’t gotten around to responding. Other times, it is a way of conveying to the recruit that he or she is not on the top of the list (or perhaps off of the list). You haven’t given us enough information to judge, and I am not sure that you have a good sense of what is being conveyed. Given how little time you have, you probably better ask directly, and you probably should speak to the coach via telephone.</p>
<p>In the final analysis, don’t get too hung up on one program. As I always say, there is more than one girl, or guy, to ask to the prom. </p>
<p>We’re not in a “no response” situation yet, as the coach just got back to me today, and I also just asked him that question today.
That is very true. Unfortunately, I’ve spoken (and been ignored by) several other programs during this process, and have also really fallen for Penn.
I’ll just have to wait and see what the coach says.</p>