<p>I'm a 17 year old senior basketball player (girl)</p>
<p>I was not able to play basketball my junior year, and do to eligibility rules from me transferring this year, I will not be able to play this high school season. I played AAU this summer and I continued to get better and better. I was so ready to play and get some looks but I won't be able to.</p>
<p>I'm looking to play AAU again this summer and film some games, and make a highlight tape to send to some coaches. Since I'm a senior, should I apply to the schools now I'm going to send the tapes to this summer? Or should I just wait? </p>
<p>I'm located in VA. The schools I'm interested in are:</p>
<p>-Saint Peter's University (small D1 - New Jersey)
-St. John's University (big D1 - New York)
-St. Francis College (small D1 - New York)
-St. Bonaventure University (small D1 - New York)
-Saint Francis University (small D1 - Pennsylvania)
-University of North Carolina at Wilmington (small D1 - North Carolina)
-Davidson College (small D1 - North Carolina)
-Liberty University (small D1 - Virginia)
-Longwood University (small D1 - Virginia)</p>
<p>-St. Thomas Aquinas College (D2 - New York)
-St. Andrews University (D2 - North Carolina)
-Virginia State University (D2 - Virginia)
-Virginia Union University (D2 - Virginia)
-Chowan University (D2 - North Carolina)
-Flagler College (D2 - Florida)
-University of West Florida (D2 - Florida)
-University of Tampa (D2 - Florida)</p>
<p>-Saint Josephs College (D3 - New York)
-St. Lawrence University (D3 - New York)
-Virginia Wesleyan University (D3 - New York)
-New York University (D3 - New York)</p>
<p>I am willing to take time to apply to every one of the schools I listed. I have a 3.14 GPA right now. It will be much higher after this semester and even higher than that by the end of the academic school year. I do have some small Division 1 colleges listed, it never hurts to try. </p>
<p>I want to help people. Save lives. That is the one thing I want to do more than anything. I am not trying to go pro, I love basketball, but I'm only using it to pay for a college education. Please help me, any advice is good advice. Thanks</p>
<p>What you are asking from the board is to do a lot of the work that you need to do yourself. I don’t think anyone on here can answer what it will take both academically and athletically to have a chance at all of the schools on your list. It is the time now to start contacting schools you are interested in. I would start by making up some sort of resume and attach it to emails that you can send to coaches. You will need to personalize each email to each coach and make sure you mention something about their program in particular that interests you. You also need to familiarize yourself with the NCAA rules of recruiting, (google it) because there are rules regarding when coaches can and cannot contact you. It is a lot of work, hopefully you have a parent that can help you get organized… Understand also that D3 programs do not have athletic money at all.</p>
<p>I’m not asking anyone to do any work for me. All I am asking is what will I have to do. </p>
<p>All I was asking was if I should apply first to the school or just wait until AAU season. I just want to know do I still have a chance to go D2 or D3 school with only AAU film. I’m not asking anyone to do anything for me. </p>
<p>I’m aware of D3 schools not being able to give “athletic” money. They give you a lot of grants and to pay for your schooling based off your grades and other things they can find. I have friends at D3 schools off of sports.</p>
<p>The rules have been changed, NCAA coaches can call and contact you all they want now. If you have completed your sophomore year of high school, college coaches can call, text, or email you freely without getting in trouble.</p>
<p>To be blunt, very, very few athletes get their education paid for by their sport. Being a star is more likely to get you into a school that you otherwise might not have… what they call a “hook”… but there are very few full rides out there and you have a lackluster GPA and you are VERY late in the recruiting season. </p>
<p>Since money is apparently a factor I’d say take NYU off the list right now. They are not generous with merit aid and they are pretty strict with their admissions standards.</p>
<p>Is there a coach you can speak with who understands recruiting and can give you a realistic understanding of how good you are? Because unless you are an undiscovered superstar, you are probably better off spending the time you would have spent on your sport working your way through school earning money and banking experience to help with a rough economy. There’s always club and intramural.</p>
<p>My son has been offered spots on several teams (swimming) but only three came with $, and only two of those came with ATHLETIC $, and even then it was only enough to turn a private school cost of attendance into a public school one.</p>
<p>You need to get playing a club now if you can. By this summer coaches will have given their scholarship dollars to other athletes. You are very late in the game to start this now. I would apply to the schools you like and hope to make the team as a walk on next year. After that you could possibly get some scholarship money.</p>
<p>Like other’s have said, unless you are a tip-top player, getting a full ride is not going to happen. I would focus on the schools where you can get a lot of merit aid to go along with any athletic aid and hope the combination will make college affordable for you.</p>
<p>Falls, sorry if I misunderstood, my apologies. As everyone said it is very late in the recruiting process as a senior. I do not know how you feel about NAIA schools but my daughter plays bb and NAIA schools often recruit later. She ended up getting an offer and committing to her school in May of her senior year with a good chunk of $ for athletics and a small chunk for academics, the two together pay for about 60% of everything. Might want to check it out.</p>
<p>I’ve been looking into some of those schools too momof. I’m gonna make a nice highlight to send to some coaches as soon as AAU starts in March and still apply to colleges this winter.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone for their advice. I really do appreciate it. Now I know not to put all my eggs in one basketball. Thanks guys.</p>
<p>If playing basketball on scholarship is the key to attending college and grades/study habits need a bit of work, perhpas consider taking high school post-graduate year and attend a prep school.</p>
<p>You get a year to improve your basketball skills and study habits.</p>
<p>Threesdad, believe it or not, I have been looking into that heavily. I cannot find a prep school with a girls post graduate program here in Virginia or even in the DMV , and North Carolina. If you know of any please let me know, it would be greatly appreciated. </p>
<p>I’ve heard of Patrick Henry Community College. </p>
<p>I know that if I go to a Junior/Community college, I have to make sure that my credits are transferable to the university I want to attend. I don’t know where I will end up. I don’t wanna have to repeat 2 years because my credits could not be transferred.</p>
<p>Will you play this year? Ask your coach about recruiting as well.</p>
<p>Spend some time on the athletic pages of each schools website…there should be info on playing for the college. At the end of your Jr yr, send your academic and athletic stats to the coaches.</p>
<p>falls: I’ve worked in the the 2-year college system in Virginia. Provided you are in the AA track, all of your coursework from your first year or two should easily transfer out of state, and will definitely transfer to in-state public colleges (and to nearly all in-state private colleges). Just be sure to hold on to course outline/syllabi from the beginning of the year, because that is often what out-of-state or private institutions use to determine transferability. It’s also helpful to narrow your transfer list to a handful of schools, so that you can work with your college adviser to ensure that your courses will transfer–occasionally schools have unusual requirement for generals. However, one of the primary goals of any AA program is to ensure that its classes are transferable.</p>
<p>I would also recommend going the route of community college. If you raise your GPA there, your high school transcript will have much less effect than if you went PG–and you’d be in a more direct pipeline for 4-year basketball programs in VA/NC.</p>
<p>fogfog: No, I wish I was a junior. I’m a senior. </p>
<p>classicalmama: Thank you. I think I will make that transition to a community college. I’ve been looking at the NJCAA site that ByeByeSavings mentioned. I will contact some coaches and try to send them some AAU film before the end of the school year. If I’m able to go to a in-state community college, but it’s not in my city, do they have dorms or apartments for you to live in? </p>
<p>The guidance counselors at my school are not very good. A lot of the graduates have already told me that, for the most part, they had to take care of everything themselves.</p>
<p>Varska: I have friends who are girls that have gotten phone calls from big D1 schools almost every other day. Division II coaches can contact players also. I’m not sure if it only applies to mens DI basketball.</p>