<p>DS2 (A- from tippy top prep school, 32 ACT on first attempt, good EC's) wants to eventually get PhD in psych so is looking at selective colleges, and is hoping for medium town/small city on east coast. He does not care about food, dorms, greek life, etc, but his only request is that school has an ACTIVE club water polo team. He is a very good player in New England prep school league, but not good enough player to play DI varsity (he is 6ft tall and 125 lbs so his size will always limit him in that sport and DH is same body build so this is probably not going to change much). Though many schools claim to have men's WP as a club sport, there is huge variation in what that really means. He emailed Emory coach and players before a visit and got no response. Davidson seems to have lukewarm coed team. Vandy seems to have an active team. Anyone know anything about other schools' water polo club teams for schools that fit him for academics, etc. Cost is not a huge factor, but schools that guarantee to meet need are particularly attractive as we might qualify for some need as DS1 will be in school 3 out of the 4 years that DS2 will be.</p>
<p>this may help (google is your friend) … <a href=“http://www.collegiatewaterpolo.org/membership/teams/mensclub/index”>http://www.collegiatewaterpolo.org/membership/teams/mensclub/index</a> </p>
<p>Wesleyan. Will have an official coach this year instead of a player coach. Play conference games against Yale, Dartmouth, BU, BC - D1 teams but competes D3 for nationals. Went to nationals last year. Collegiate water polo site is a great source of information.
Also, Connecticut College has a varsity polo team.</p>
<p>I found my college’s water polo team not listed in the Collegiate Water Polo link even though I know they have a team (and verified through Google that it still exists). Disappointing that the index which should be authoritative is not accurate.</p>
<p>University of Michigan. </p>
<p>Water polo is a club sport at Williams. The team draws on the strength of the college’s swim program and is very active.</p>
<p>great thanks for the good info. I did see the list of water polo teams on Collegiate Water Polo months ago, but my early deeper searching revealed that many of the programs that are listed (or that one can find on college websites) are not really all that active. Having a real coach like Wesleyan does is very attractive - and we live less than 30 min from there so that will move that school up in his ranking. The other NESCAC schools all HAVE teams, but some are better than others and it is hard to find out whether the teams really practice and if they are any good. Williams is too far a reach, as is Amherst. Bates, Colby, Bowdoin, Tufts are all possibilities, though some more reachy than others. No interest in Union or Conn College. Hamilton on the list. I still do not know the WP status for Emory…they have an old water polo website with pictures from 2010 and my son’s emails to everyone claiming to be affiliated with the team went unanswered. On the day of our campus visit, we prowled around the athletic complex for quite a while and no one knew anything about whether the team (even though it is listed on the Collegiate Water Polo link) even really existed. Wm and Mary also possible but no info if they have a real team.</p>
<p>Well the last update on WM’s wp team was three years ago so I doubt its active. Emory though has updates from April of this year on facebook</p>
<p>I don’t know much about water polo per se, but I was the same way with rugby. You may want to check the cities in which the schools reside. There may be men’s club water polo that is not affiliated with the school. It may open up a few more viable options.</p>
<p>I heard recently that Notre Dame’s club team is very active - wasn’t the case a few years ago apparently but things have changed. Was talking to a parent of a player and they had great things to say. Son didn’t think he would play in college and the club team grew during his time there and was a great bonus for him. Not east coast but a great school, imo.</p>