<p>is there a way i could try out for a harvard sport before getting applying since i think if they saw me it would increase my chance of getting accepted. also if any guys other there play harvrad sports and what to give me tips list those below also. i all ready cross train during the off season for my high school and run as much as possible. My gpa for my high school is only a 3.7 and i take the act this week so i dont have a score yet. just need some advise if i should dream of going to harvard or not.</p>
<p>also over my high school career i have played tennis all 3 years, soccer all 3 years, track and field sophmore and junior year, basketball freshman and sophmore year but for havard i am also concidering vollyball since i play 3 straight months ever summer of beach vollyball. i dont think they would take me for basketball or tennis or track since i am not at a college level for those buti also play soccer all year round with a travel team.</p>
<p>does any one who play sports for harvard use this page?</p>
<p>I do- but I’m a prospective student and I didn’t go the recruited route.</p>
<p>Basically what you do is contact the coach for the sport. You need to focus on one sport though, it might be difficult trying to get recruited for all you listed.</p>
<p>Most of the time you send in a video and school coaches rec to the Harvard coach. Your best bet will be contacting the coach and asking where to go from there.</p>
<p>Now before you get all excited, realize this isn’t a D1 school where your grades/EC’s/tests are negligible. 99% of the athletes are phenomenal in other areas too. You definitely need a good SAT/ACT score. If you are “recruited” by the coach, you need to be close to 2000 preferably. You need to be qualified to do the coursework. </p>
<p>Good Luck!</p>
<p>“Is there a way i could try out for a harvard sport before getting applying…”</p>
<p>I’m just an applicant so take my words with a grain of salt. The only procedure for high school students is recruiting, which is different for every sport and has a set of guidelines (NCAA) on when coaches can start calling you, etc. So quick answer - you cannot try out for a Harvard sport before admission. A coach can, however, tell you that you may be a good fit for a team.</p>
<p>^^</p>
<p>You’re only bet is to contact the sport’s coach at Harvard. They can tell you what to do from there.</p>
<p>Ok I just realized… this MUST be a ■■■■■. LOL I totally fell for it! There is NO way someone even remotely considering Harvard would say something like…</p>
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<h2>“is there a way i could try out for a harvard sport before getting applying since i think if they saw me it would increase my chance of getting accepted. also if any guys other there play harvrad”</h2>
<p>I mean… in all honesty you could be some self-deluded honest person really asking how you can get into Harvard via sports. But the mispeling of Harvard and pitiful grammar just screams 4/10 ■■■■■. </p>
<p>Come on! “does any one who play sports for harvard use this page?”</p>
<p>what is the motive of a ■■■■■?</p>
<p>Honestly player8teen?
There’s no way you’re being serious! Your spelling and grammar are horrendous!
But if you are being serious…I’m also a recruited athlete and I have recieved a likely letter.
Your best bet is to create a highlight tape of you doing well in your sport. Then plan on attending the summer camp for your sport at Harvard. If you are good enough…the coach will help you move forward from that point. In the meantime though, work on your ACT, GPA, and even more importantly…your GRAMMAR!!!
God Bless</p>
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<p>first of all thanks, im a junior. i do have good grades and i dont really look back after i type since i know you guys understand the point i trying to get across. also i know i cant play all of the sports but i am not sure which one i would play. i live in michigan and just took the ACT and still studying before i sign up SAT. from my practice acts, i should get a lowest possible score of 30 and im thinking a high of 34. and my gpa is just under 4</p>
<p>No offense play8teen, but your talking about playing sports at Harvard like you have a choice. Playing varsity at your random high school does not mean you will be able to play at Harvard. Harvard is a DIVISION 1 college (sure, its only Ivy D1, which is a lot different from normal D1, but you still have to be very talented). </p>
<p>From your earlier post you seem to know that you aren’t good enough to play basketball, track, or tennis. Just because you play volleyball in the summer doesn’t make you good enough, you need to at least play for a respectable club program (if your school doesn’t have a team) and just because you play “travel” soccer doesn’t make you good enough. (well, it depends on what you mean by travel. You should be playing on an elite level)</p>
<p>I have two friends (both girls, but still their experiences apply to yours) One got recruited for volleyball 2 years ago. She is 6’1, and from South Carolina where she plays for the junior national champions team year round. The other, who is a junior in the process of commiting to Harvard, used to play for the National team and now plays year round Region 1 (which in New England is the top division). She travels all around the country, and sometimes the world, playing other top teams. Both of them had to email the coaches their information, send in footage of them playing in various games, and then get reccommendations from their current coaches. Finally, after you do all that you MIGHT be good enough to be recruited (which is the only way sports would help you in the admissions process). While it varies team by team, most coaches can only slot 3-10 kids (men’s teams get more recruiting spots than women’s) so basically you have to be one of the best in your sport in at least your state, but if you compete on a national level than thats also good.</p>
<p>I don’t mean to be harsh or annoying but I think you should understand that you can’t treat being recruited for a varsity sport at Harvard like its an easy thing to do. Kids who get recruited to Harvard put in years and years of work into that particular sport.</p>
<p>to put it shortly, the ivy league DOES NOT RECRUIT. being a good athlete can add an interesting dimension to your application, and if the coach likes you, he/she can prolly put in a good word for you. but you will NOT be recruited</p>
<p>haha sorry IB but thats false, the ivy league recruits plenty, like 300-400 kids in harvard’s freshman class will be recruited athletes. That’s not to say that you don’t have to be qualified academically as well, but if you’re qualified academically and the coach wants you, then your chances go way up from the normal 6-7%…short answer:the ivy league does recruit, but you still have to be generally qualified academically as well</p>
<p>Agreed with danr74. It is blatantly false that the Ivy League does not recruit. You probably misunderstood their athletic mission statement. They do not give purely “athletic scholarships” like very top D1 schools do but they do let students in based on athletic ability.</p>
<p>From kids I know who have been recruited to the Ivy League (and it definitely varies by sport: from what I’ve heard football players need at least an 1850 and a 3.0 gpa. But another field hockey recruit said she needed a 2000 and a 3.5 and thats the same for a girls soccer player I know. But it also varies based on your school…i.e. public versus private) their is a minimum gpa and sat score you need, but if you reach that and the coach wants you, than your in.</p>
<p>“to put it shortly, the ivy league DOES NOT RECRUIT. being a good athlete can add an interesting dimension to your application, and if the coach likes you, he/she can prolly put in a good word for you. but you will NOT be recruited”</p>
<p>you couldn’t be more wrong.</p>
<p>sorry you were not recruited.</p>
<p>the reason i say no to those other sports is kids at my high school can beat me so i know i am not at a national level. while volleyball, i always win. yes i play beach and have only watched indoor. i watch indoor guys and girls on tv and in person as much as possible. also being just under 5 foot 11 right now as a junior makes me think will be about 6 foot when i see the coaches. i know it is difficult, but im fast(5:37 mile with a season off), tall, coorinated and love the sport.</p>
<p>^um…I’m 6’1 and ran a 5 minute mile in 11th grade…never even considered being a recruitable athlete, because you need a LOT more than an above-average mile time and height. Hell, even athletes at top high schools dont get recruited by some schools.</p>
<p>here are two examples of the kind of ability and success it takes to get recruited by the ivy league:</p>
<p>1) Mens Soccer Recruit: 2-time HS first team all-state, member of 1 HS state champion, competed varsity as a freshman, starter on 7-time state champion club team</p>
<p>2) Mens Swimming Recruit: individual HS state champion, member of 1 HS state champion team and 1 HS state champion runner-up team, 7-time HS all-american, competed varsity as a freshman, club junior national (<19) qualifier</p>
<p>both compete year round for club when they’re not in-season for high school and have been going at it competitively yr round since they were in elementary school. both are also very good students and have a strong set of non-athletic extracurriculars in addition to being great athletes. oh, and they’re both over 6’ lol</p>
<p>The rule is pretty much if you have to ask you are not good enough to get recruited. As a junior, if you were good enough, college coaches would have contacted you by now (maybe Ivy League wouldn’t but if your good enough your school/club coach would tell you that you are good enough)</p>
<p>And…I’m assuming your a guy but I know girls who have a faster mile time than that and they didn’t even get recruited for track.</p>