<p>There is another thread looking in another forum asking what are the "best sport/academic combos". This made me wonder what are the best sports (say by percent) for getting into college. If you have an option, what sport(s) should you consider to have the highest chance of acceptance?</p>
<p>For example, some might argue that it is esoteric sports like:
Crew and Fencing. </p>
<p>What are your toughts?</p>
<p>Anything you like, seriously stop trying so hard to look GOOD</p>
<p>It’s different by gender. For women who aren’t that skilled at a sport like basketball or soccer, one good alternative might be crew. Women’s college crew teams often will provide scholarships to those with the right body types, even if you’ve never rowed. There are now 86 women’s Division I varsity crew teams and more are being added to balance the Title IX requirements. </p>
<p>According to ncaasports.com, here are the other sports played by Division I colleges for women and the number of colleges that participate in each sport:</p>
<p>Division I Women’s Teams , Sport</p>
<p>328 , Basketball
325 , Cross Country
316 , Volleyball
308 , Tennis
307 , Soccer
304 , Track, Outdoor
293 , Track, Indoor
272 , Softball
234 , Golf
192 , Swimming
86 , Rowing
81 , Ice Hockey
81 , Lacrosse
78 , Field Hockey
64 , Gymnastics
32 , Water Polo
29 , Bowling
24 , Fencing
18 , Equestrian
14 , Skiing
9 , Rifle
9 , Squash
4 , Synchronized Swim
1 , Archery
1 , Rugby</p>
<p>I agree with bleedblue. I play football, basketball and run track at the varsity level for my high school and I would never change sports just to try and look good to a school. </p>
<p>If that college can’t accept me for what I’m interested in, then why would I want to attend there?</p>
<p>bleedblue and goot31. It is not about try to look good, but to see if there is a kind of bias by sport, since there has been a lot of sports question on cc as of late this may be of interest to them. Look at hawkette’s answer. Clearly there are some differences. Of course that’s a senior member answer versus a new or juniors.</p>
<p>Whichever one you are best at.</p>
<p>I get the feeling that football recruits have it really easy when getting into top schools. speaking from my hs, 1 kid went to H and 2 kids to Yale on football last 4 yrs. They all barely ranked top 30% of the class, ACT around 25-27, and were plain medicore in academic abilities. </p>
<p>I know a Yale golfer from my school. He had 31ACT and class rank was top 15%. So, he had decent stats. Also know a Yale swimmer, his rank top 20%, ACT 30.</p>
<p>If you want to choose a sport to maximize your college opportunities I would suggest doing a few things. First look for sports where you have some aptitude and that have excellent coaching in your area. Next find out how many new college teams have been added in the last several years. Ideally you want a sport that is growing since there will continue to be new playing opportunities at the college level. Lastly, unless you are a super athlete look for a sport that is not one of the most popular available, again this would be to maximize your potential opportunities. Don’t go for the most popular sports unless you are a super athlete as you will face very stiff competition.</p>
<p>Fencing and Lax are big here.</p>
<p>It just depends on what you’re good at. My school has had Two girls recruited at Yale (field hockey and soccer) and a guy at Columbia for baseball</p>
<p>In terms of scholarships per HS player, girls lacrosse and golf are huge.</p>