I’m really sorry about that, I didn’t think it through. My apologies for bringing up specific names, I just wanted to give context so it didn’t sound like I was making things up. I understand now why that could be inappropriate, and it won’t happen again.
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This is really more on me as the adult in the room. I should have given more generic answers that didn’t in any way relate to a specific player you referenced. Bottom line is you are not yet at a level that would normally be recruited and it is very late in the process. You can easily look up the roster of any college and figure out the level of their current players. It’s very impressive that you are at a UTR 6 as a newcomer to the sport. It can’t hurt to email a few coaches and see what they say. Best of luck in your college search. 
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I notice some d3 schools have more players in group photo but only 7 in roster . Especially if no club available , do any d3 schools take players who were on their high school tennis team but don’t have ranks, but who just want to work out with a team rather than play competitively?
This may be very possible, for W and L I see 13 in a group photo but 8 in the roster
I’m thinking the photo could also include coaches, trainers, team manager, etc.
In any event, the best answer will lilely come feom emailing coaches at schools of interest.
No, the latest photo is from last year; the photo shows 13 + coach, and the roster for last year has 13 on it. There’s no discrepancy.
It’s this year’s roster that’s smaller, and there isn’t yet a team photo.
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My understanding is that some D3 tennis programs have tryouts and will take a few walk ons. The only way to know for sure is to contact the coaches. I have no idea about W&L - it’s possible. OP was also asking about places like MIT and Chicago which traditionally have been top D3 tennis programs that are unlikely to take walk ons. I kind of doubt any varsity teams are letting unranked players who aren’t interested in competing practice with them. Most schools should have intramural tennis if they don’t offer it as a club sport.
I know nothing about athletic recruiting, so this may be a really stupid question.
But…would OP be recruitable with an athletic scholarship at a college where they would be an academic superstar?
Asking because in other posts OP has posted about being low income and also wanting to be pre-med (and wanting to join a fraternity). I would think that being committed to an athletic team at the college level would impact the time to maintain the high GPA needed for med school unless OP was at the very top of the academic profile for that college (OP had already posted about some previously not-top grades in the sciences).
But money is also a factor so wondering if an athletic scholarship to a school that he is at the tippy top of the academic profile would be possible and a way for him to have a better chance of having it all—Good GPA for med school, athletic money, playing a sport they like and are good at, and participation in Greek life.
The athletic portion of my question is based on 0 knowledge on my part, so just wondering out loud.
No, generally colleges aren’t handing out athletic scholarships to smart kids who won’t make the roster. It would be possible to get some athletic money at a JUCO or NAIA school for kids who aren’t D1/D2 level athletically. But again, they have to be able to make the roster at these schools as well.
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Thanks!
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The coach isn’t giving away HIS money to a smart student who is a mediocre athlete. There are merit/financial aid scholarships available for those students.
That’s not to say the coaches aren’t looking for really smart athletes. The coaches want smart students who don’t constantly need tutoring to make grades, who need to be reminded to go to class, to turn in work. My daughter’s coach got reports from profs if players missed class. My daughter was reported as missing a class (it was a mistake, she’d just gone to another section) and the coach was all over her for it. My daughter graduated Magna cum laude, so she wasn’t skipping classes.
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