njtitans16

Is anybody going to be playing a Varsity sport at MIT?

I've been talking with the lacrosse coach for a while so I think I have a spot on the team, although I'm not 100% sure how exactly it works - I don't know if I still have to try out or I'm just on the team since the team needs more people.

I'm also going to try out for the Ice Hockey team since hockey's my real sports passion.

Anybody else?

Edit: Whoops, spelled prospective wrong.

molliebatmit

Hockey definitely has tryouts -- a friend of mine got cut. I don't know about lacrosse.

red remote

I have to compare financial aid packages but I'll most likely be playing fball and running indoor/outdoor track (60m, 100m, 200m, and respective relays)

akybaky

well if i go than i'm on the soccer team...i think im a little different because i have like 4 or 5 scholarships to top D-I schools waiting (Duke, Wake Forest, Brown, Stanford etc) but i'm not sure i want to play D-III even though MIT is my dream school but we'll see...you never know lol

ducktape

I'm for sure sailing and I'm totally stoked.

And nj, did you post in the 2012 FB group thread we have about this, too? Other wise, there's someone exactly like you in our class.

la montagne

If I get in, I'd love to fence for MIT.

But that's if I get in. :-/

njtitans16

yeah i did ducktape.

sempermithrandir

I'm probably rowing for the lightweight crew team.

sijmister

I might do walk-on tryout for Football, most likely o-line.

naugust

if i got in i'd try out for baseball

Shinet

If I got in, I would try-out for the water-polo team and tennis team

leprechean17

Maybe a walk-on for Swim (100 Breaststroke)

LauraN

So I'm way late on answering this one, but lacrosse most definitely doesn't have tryouts, they're constantly recruiting new people. I play field hockey and it's the same coach and a lot of overlap with the players, and someone's always trying to convince someone else on the fh team to play lacrosse. The bottom line is, there will definitely be people on the team who have never played before, so it sounds like you'll be okay.

ivyleague104

how is the tennis team? is it hard to make? im talking about club or I-mural..not the actual team team

do they have cricket btw?

LauraN

ivyleague: the "actual" team, by which I assume you mean varsity, of any sport would normally be the only one which had any sort of try-outs. Club sports may vary, but they'll typically take anyone with interest (although some are more rigorous than others and expect team members to come to all practices, etc), and any MIT student can join an IM team.