<p>Hi I'm currently a junior in high school and i am a year around swimmer. My best event is the 100 fly. I go a 52. (50 free=22, 100 free=49, 100 back=56) my goal is to under 50 this year in the 100 fly. Am i fast enough to swim for Yale? If you were once a year around swimmer, how did swimming help you get into the college that you wanted? </p>
<p>Are those junior national cuts? That is the threshold that they will be looking for. We have a family friend swimming at Yale and he had two junior national cuts when he was being recruited. They got a very fast class in 2014. Take a look at their roster that should be posted and look at the freshmen times on collegeswimmig.com. </p>
<p>Thank you for replying. Which Jr. Nat. cut are referring to? The coaches Jr. Nat or the Winter Jr. Nat.?</p>
<p>The best guidance I can offer is to pull up the Ivy League Championship results and see what time will get you placed in the B final. If you can place in the B final in multiple races you may be recruited at Yale. </p>
<p>USA junior national winter cuts. Our family friend would not have been top 16 at Ivy conference and still got recruited BUT if you would be - that would really help. All coaches say they want to recruit kids that can score at conference but in men’s swimming there typically isn’t many freshman in the top group. </p>
<p>Also, your grades, SAT scores, etc. have to be up there, you will not have to have perfect SAT’s and a 4.37 GPA but you cannot have 1800 SAT’s and a 3.2 GPA. There is an Academic Index that is used, and I know that many swimmers that want to go to Yale have had the times but not the acceptable academic profile and do not make the cut for recruiting trips.</p>