<p>Hi guys! I wondered if someone could give me an insight on universities and college sport recruiting process...
Namely, I would like to apply for sport scholarship and I have sent to some colleges and univs my profile for both school and sport achievements.
Now, I was wondering, do schools have the custom to "wait until the last minute" to inform you whether you are eligible for one or to contact you at all?
To be more precise, I have sent my stats for cross-country... Being that cross-country is an "autumn" sport, should I expect to be contacted somewhere around November, when the season ends?
If anyone could provide me any kind of information on this (from his own experience, experience of others etc.), I would be more than thankful... Thank you all in advance!</p>
<p>If you are a cross country runner, you will also need to submit track times. Most schools so not recruit for cross country alone. Also, there is not a lot of money for track and cross country. What are your times? What schools are you contacting? You really needed to submit your times from junior year to the coaches over the summer, but if you are a really strong runner, there is still time. Take a look at the times of the cross country runners on the college teams and see where you might fit in. Are you looking at top running programs like Arkansas, Colorodo, Michigan etc. Or-are you looking at strong academic schools where you would be have a real impact on the team? Again- even the top running schools give out VERY few full scholarships. The Ivys and DIII schools do not give any money based on athletic ability.</p>
<p>Talk to your coach first. Many have a network of connections to draw from in both the hs and college ranks. When I was a senior my golf coach made a number of contacts on my behalf. Though I was not talented enought for Div 1A programs, I was contacted by several Div 2 and 3 coaches.</p>
<p>I have submitted my profile to them (including track times) and by them, I mean that I gathered all the contact addresses I could from the Internet websites for Division II (haven't done Div I yet <em>hehehe</em> :) :), cuz my eyeballs are gonna fall off). The problem with "my" coach is that I, actually, don't have one, cuz I have NEVER had any professional training in running (I have practiced swimming for 9 and waterpolo for 2 years, but no running). My best times are these:
2 km - 6:38
3 km - 10:33
5 km - 18:24
8 km - 29:40
21.1 km - 1:30:28
I know that there are no scholarships for Div III nor for the Ivies, but I'm really not looking for any kind of prestigious colleges and universities, to tell you the truth (e.g. Boston, Georgetown, stuff like that). I'm looking to use my sport abilities not to be a pro runner, but to educate myself in the US. Of course, being that my parents can't afford tuition and board, I'd have to look for a "full ride".
I have looked at the Florida Institute of Technology and Rollins College and I think that I might have a chance there, cuz at the FIT I'd be (discluding the present seniors) 3rd best runner in the team, and at Rollins I'd be the best one (both compete in Div II). Judging by this, I should be at least contacted, right? And, I think both the FIT and Rollins give scholarships for athletics... :/
I took a preliminary TOEFL and my score was 595 out of 670 on a paper-based test. I'm hoping to scoring good (well, for me at least) at the SAT Resoning (700+ math, and CR and writing about 600). I have an excellent GPA (ugh, roughly, in the American system, I think my average should be about 3.85 for the first 3 years)...</p>
<p>And, I'm sorry, but I think that I didn't quite get the picture on "Most schools so not recruit for cross country alone."... If it's not a problem, could you explain it a little bit?</p>
<p>Thanks for the help so far...</p>
<p>Are you a female? I'm sorry, I meant to say "Most schools DO not recruit for cross country alone...."<br>
If you are not a female, I doubt your times will get you much money. There simply isn't much money available for distance runners, but it can't hurt to see what coaches are interested. If you are a male, your 5000 meter time should be around 16 minutes and your 3K time well under 10 minutes.</p>
<p>Male :) :)
OK, well, thanks for all the help!!!</p>