Walk-on times for a good d3 school

You left out a key detail - are you male or female?

Are you a minority? Do you have a 36 ACT?

my bad, male.

I'm not really asking about college admissions, but I have a 34 act and a 1500 sat and some academic awards so I think I'm a competitive applicant

hrpowers wrote:

I'm not really asking about college admissions, but I have a 34 act and a 1500 sat and some academic awards so I think I'm a competitive applicant

I thought SATs have a max of 2400 now. Is it 2400 or 1600?

They switched back to 1600

They switched back to 1600

Email the coach, but in general, D3 programs don't cut.

Your best bet is too reach out to the coach and show some personality. I am going to one of the top scoring D3 colleges this next fall, and they don’t really cut anyone. Just show up, work hard day in and day out and you can be a part of the team. Unsure about the schools you listed though.

It is all connected. You will not be admitted to some of the schools that you mentioned if you are a white male with thise scores. You will not be offered a spot on the teams at any decent D3 school.

You must be at a low ranking academic school. Maybe Wartburg or a Wisconsin school?

What do you mean by low ranking school? My sat and act are both in the top 1% of the country. I also go to a very competitive public high school (top 100 in the country).

I think he was talking about me, lol.

I never claimed to be going to a great academic school. The high school I am enrolled in really sucks, and doesn’t have many opportunities to excel in academics and get marks good enough for the top schools. Which is fine, I am happy with where I will be going to college and what I have done for myself anyhow. Oh well, maybe if I could restart life I would be on a different path.

Oh yeah... you’re right that’s my bad. I’m sure you’ll be fine- the fact that you’re going to college is great I wouldn’t worry.

Email the coaches. The schools you mentioned absolutely do cut and expect a high level of commitment.

You may get some attention from those schools with the following times:

800: 1:55

1600: 4:30

3200: 9:40

5k XC: 16:15

Your scores are competitive at any of those schools, especially if you apply early decision.

You didn't follow the trail very well. Wash U rejects many Asian Americans and White Americans who have perfect test scores. I wouldn't even waste time contacting coaches at highly selective schools until admitted.

Smarter than a protein wrote:

You didn't follow the trail very well. Wash U rejects many Asian Americans and White Americans who have perfect test scores. I wouldn't even waste time contacting coaches at highly selective schools until admitted.

Disagree. Coaches may have some sway in select situations with applicants who are borderline academically.

Smarter than a protein wrote:

You didn't follow the trail very well. Wash U rejects many Asian Americans and White Americans who have perfect test scores. I wouldn't even waste time contacting coaches at highly selective schools until admitted.

And we have some winners. Took about and hour and 15 posts, but hahhaha, they come out of the woodwork to throw down some very fast times to be even considered, and then of course WashU picked out.

It's kind of like a potential DI prospect getting sidechecked and told they have no chance unless they have run 4:05 for the mile and able to get into Stanford for the academics.

OP,

You have no shot at running at WashU. The women there are faster than you.

None of the other coaches will be excited to have you on their teams, but you can e-mail them and see if they'll take you.