Schools for a Rower/Engineer/Virginian

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hello! I'm a Virginia resident and I'm looking to row at a highly competitive level and study engineering- I am leaning towards Materials or Chemical.</p>

<p>Grades: 3.92 (AP Chem, BC Calc, Multi Calc, AP Physics, AP Bio, IB English)
SAT: 2110</p>

<p>Here is the list of schools I am applying to:</p>

<p>UVA
Virginia Tech
UPenn
Brown</p>

<p>My safety school, Tech, does not offer competitive rowing. What other schools should I consider? I don't know much so any advice would be wonderful!</p>

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<p>VT does have a club rowing team:</p>

<p>[About</a> VT Crew](<a href=“http://www.hokiesrowing.com/VT_Crew/About_VT_Crew.html]About”>http://www.hokiesrowing.com/VT_Crew/About_VT_Crew.html)
[Schedule</a> & Results - HOKIES ROWING](<a href=“http://vtcrew.■■■■■■■■■■/schedule--results.html]Schedule”>http://vtcrew.■■■■■■■■■■/schedule--results.html)</p>

<p>Or do you have potential for being a recruited scholarship athlete in rowing and are looking for schools of that nature? For example, many of the those on this list have chemical and/or materials engineering:</p>

<p>[NCAA</a> Division I Rowing Rankings - NCAA.com](<a href=“http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/rowing/d1]NCAA”>http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/rowing/d1)</p>

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<p>URochester, Lehigh, Cornell (not a safety I guess) might be worth considering.</p>

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<p>What’s your M+CR SAT? </p>

<p>What’s your budget? How much will your parents pay?</p>

<p>is club rowing ok?</p>

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<p>Are you male? Men’s Rowing – Unlike other sports, with crew NCAA teams row against many club teams. The difference would be cost to you to join. There are some very competitive club teams. I would not knock out club teams without some investigation into each.</p>

<p>EDIT to correct – Sorry, I didn’t mean to say NCAA vs club, I meant to say college sponsored vs club. There are no Men’s NCAA teams.</p>

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<p>Is there a list of college-sponsored teams?</p>

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<p>Ohio state is number one in men’s rowing</p>

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<p>row2k website is the easiest list, but it includes Men’s Club as well as college sponsored. </p>

<p>Few schools outside of the Ivy League have men’s rowing that isn’t a club sport.<br>
Colonial Athletic Conference has a sizable number. </p>

<p>My son found schools by starting with the major regattas and looking at the heat sheets (EARC Sprints, Dad Vale, Head of the Charles).</p>

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<p>WPI competes in the NEWMAC conference against schools like MIT. And the brand new athletic center has rowing tanks.
Might be a safety for you and they award merit scholarships :)</p>

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<p>Here is a link to the top rowing programs in the country. Washington and Northeastern might be great matches since they have strong engineering programs, rowing programs, and stat wise would be a good fit.</p>

<p>[Rowing</a> and Sculling for Rowers and Scullers - row2k.com](<a href=“Washington, Harvard Still Ranked No. 1 (5/15/2013) | row2k.com”>Washington, Harvard Still Ranked No. 1 (5/15/2013) | row2k.com)</p>

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<p>U Dayton. Good engineering program.</p>

<p>[daytonflyers.com:</a> UD Rowing Program Information](<a href=“http://www.daytonflyers.com/womens/rowing/rowinginfo/]daytonflyers.com:”>http://www.daytonflyers.com/womens/rowing/rowinginfo/)</p>

<p>[Men’s</a> Rowing : University of Dayton, Ohio](<a href=“Campus Recreation : University of Dayton, Ohio”>Campus Recreation : University of Dayton, Ohio)</p>

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<p>Have you had a look at Drexel University in Philadelphia? This is div 1 rowing, scholarships available compete at Head of the Charles etc and engineering is a strength of the University.</p>