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Athletic Recruiting

At every high school there are casual athletes, serious athletes,
and elite athletes. Almost all selective colleges value athletic
experience, and most top high schools have extensive enough
athletic programs that almost any student can make their way onto
a team. If you’re not immersed in the arts or sciences, there’s
no reason not to go out for a team and, if you like it, get
serious about it. If you’re an elite athlete, however, you know
who you are.

Elite athletes aren’t just starters or team captains. They are
league MVPs. They make all-section or all-district teams. They
excel on club teams or other competitions outside of school. Some
small Division III liberal arts colleges are happy to welcome
merely serious athletes on to their teams, but to get recruited
at a Division I school, you must be elite. (This is true of every
school from USC and Penn State to Columbia and Brown.) For better
or worse, these athletes have special avenues to get into
college. (Keep in mind, the rationale is that many athletes with
lower grades have lower grades specifically because they’ve spent
so much time on sports!)

If you are a top-level high school athlete and considering being
recruited, there are a number of things you need to do junior
year. First of all, sign up on the NCAA website so you are
official. Next, identify the names and address of college
coaches at the schools which are of interest to you, they are
high level in your sport, etc. Then, you will want to contact
each coach with a letter and a resume so he/she knows you are
interested. It pays to put together a stat sheet that has all the
particulars (your height, weight, athletic awards, level of
competition) along with your GPA, test scores and any other
academic distinctions so coaches can see if you are going to be
strong enough to pursue as an official recruit.

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