I have a question, if i were to contact the coach of penn state, uconn, michigan, or state, and told him i were trying out, and he said he’d “see what he could do,” how much would that weigh in with the admissions?
<p>it wouldn't do much. many kids "try out", the only way the coach can help you is if you are a recruited athlete. take me for an example. i visited washu and talked to their tennis coach and even though i can easily make the team he said washu does not recruit and therefore he really has no say in the admissions process. however, i also applied to nyu and i actually sent my application through the coach there and he's gonna try and help me a bit. fyi, those 4 schools you mentioned have top tennis programs, it's quite hard to get recruited to them. (unless of course, you are at that level :)</p>
<p>also the reason why coaches (especially d1 schools) do not help out everyone is b/c they have a number of free "passes" the admissions department gives so they have to make sure they use those passes on students who will definetly play.</p>
<p>NYU though, theyre D3 and my coach knows their coach, the played in the same section in hs; I don't think NYU's coach can do much for you, theyre not a sports school. However, i have visited threads for wrestling and they said that the coach "saw what he could do." I sent my video into UCONN, as for PSU, it looks like ill have to start playing USTA. My practice is usually playing with mid range D3 players.</p>
<p>the nyu coach def told me he recruits and i actually just went to see the team play yesterday and the coach told me i'd play top 3 freshmen year easily. and he obviously did something for me b/c i havent been rejected yet with my terrible stats lol (he gets notified of all the rejections first). but of course i do realise nyu isnt exactly a sports school so i am not expecting too much. d3 tennis isnt that great to tell u the truth i could actually make umich's team but i want to go to stern cause its close to home.</p>
<p>o ya, one more thing if you havent started playing usta its probably already too late. college coaches usually look at 16s and 18s rankings so if you havent been playing your tournaments, good luck to you.</p>
<p>btw melon im guessing you're from the eastern section, where ya from?</p>
<p>Yeah, im from the ETA, however im only a JR, and i have notable wins over top 100 natl ranking players, and i hit with a german top 10 player in the summer.</p>
<p>Btw, what were your stats?</p>
<p>and how was their team? id want to play on a team with depth. I have seen the teams they play at the ITAs, and for D3 its pretty solid once you hit the top 8 players in the state, like schools rochester, rpi, ithaca's 1, etc.</p>
<p>nyu team is ok, nothing special they arent even ranked nationally in d3 i think, only regionally. if u want depth apply to williams, emory, claremont, etc etc, those are the top d3 schools. (the claremont coach wanted to recruit me but i don't exactly want to go out to cali so u shoud give him a call he might be interested) emory and williams are hard to get recruited too though they are better than a lot of d1 schools.</p>
<p>my stats arent that great: 3.884, 1330, 710, 710, 760, top 15-17% of class. u?</p>
<p>lmao 3.1 and 1200</p>
<p>ah w/e, it seems ur better at tennis than me anyway i was only like top 15 in boys 16s and top 300 nationally i dont even play 18s that much anymore. if you've beaten kids in the top 100 nationally you are def good enough to play at a lot of d1 schools.</p>
<p>heh, man i dont know about that, kids in the top 100 can play the same tennis day in day out. When i played this kid i was having a good day, and idk about him. If you were top 300 youd probably be a good match for me. I dont really care about the rankings, or USTA, or playing collegiate tennis at all. All i want to do is go to penn state, but we'll see how that goes.</p>