<p>Hmm… you probably know more about this than I do, but aren’t there only 32 DI women’s water polo teams? So a top 20 team might not be too much of a reach. </p>
<p>Have you seen this site? They list all schools that have NCAA water polo teams. If you’d like to play water polo in college and get into a school that might otherwise be too high of a reach, it’s probably a good place to start.</p>
<p>Unfortunately I also don’t know enough about LACs to give you good advice on them. But you can get a good science education at many of the top LACs.</p>
<p>Take a look at DIII as well. Top DIII schools recruit for many sports – they just don’t offer athletic scholarships. If the Harvard coach wants to recruit you, you’re probably good enough for many other top schools.</p>
<p>Go the water polo route ONLY if you’re passionate about water polo and are willing to sacrifice a lot for its sake. College sports are demanding - expect to spend 2-3 hours a day on it, plus weekends, etc. etc. It WILL affect your college experience - in fact it will SHAPE your college experience. Doing water polo and premed, with all its time-consuming, weed out science lab courses, could be a very very challenging combination.
So do think it through.</p>
<p>mhm i think im probably not gonna play polo in college. i really love the sport & i am willing to sacrifice certain things for it but i feel like i would have to give up pre med which i also really love & it would change my future a lot. </p>
<p>do you think i have a change at these schools (Duke, UMich, Penn, Georgetown, Tufts, CMU, NYU)</p>
<p>help pleasee i wanna see if this is a good list before i visit (so i can visit more accurate schools instead of just going to reaches or just going to safeties)</p>
<p>Wow! All your stats look really good! I’m pretty sure you could get into most places you want to! The only thing would be your GPA, but seeing as you go to such a competitive school, that might hold less importance! I think you should just focus on which school feels right to you, as you seem to have all the right qualities to get into almost anywhere!</p>
<p>The top urban colleges and big name universities get a lot of applicants of Asian and South Asian descent, but at rural (especially midwestern and southern) LACs, Indian-Americans are often considered URMs. In that light I would look at Williams, Hamilton, Bowdoin Grinnell, Carleton, Davidson. These are all excellent in sciences.</p>
<p>Williams is especially interested in recruiting high achieving ethnic Asians and puts a premium on scholar athletes. I don’t think they have varsity water polo (I may be wrong) but I know they have a club team.</p>
<p>LACs may not offer the universal name recognition that you desire, but the top LACs are well respected by graduate school admissions and hiring managers.</p>
<p>thank you!! i looked at williams & its seems good however it doesn’t offer credit for ap classes which is a turn off for me (i will take 9 aps by the time i graduate). while i took most APs because I honestly like the subject & wished to learn more about it, i really dont want to repeat history classes. the nightlife is also a bit drab but thats ok. </p>
<p>hamilton looks pretty good so thank you for that :)</p>
<p>Some departments at Williams will allow you to place out of introductory courses based on AP or IB scores; some will not. Overall, however, Williams will not let you use AP/IB courses to reduce the total number of courses required for graduation. Actually you will find this to be the case at many academically rigorous colleges.</p>
<p>I’m not sure what you mean by “repeat history class.” History at Williams wouldn’t be anything like high school hisory, AP or otherwise.</p>
haha i hope im good enough though! DI sports seem really intense too so im not banking on water polo.</p>