How much leeway do you get as a recruited athlete?

14pwatters
Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:19:28 +0000

Hi, i’m a junior at a small highschool hoping to attend duke but i know that its probably a reach, my freshman year i had a 3.5 w gpa whih was really bad and i realized that going into soph and junior year having all a’s and i so far i have around a 4.4 w gpa. I havent taken the sat’s but they’ll i’ve been studying every summer after freshman year, doing the tests on my own and will probably be at least near 2280.
My etracurriculars are pretty good i think, being an eagle scout, 2 yr emt and Office of emergency management, 120 hrs of community services at a down syndrome camp and a soup kitchen i’ve gone to since i was 12. Also, i started a club at my school that was a branch of my brothers group Students for haiti fundraising over 500 dollars.
My intended majors are either buisness, finance, or nursing.
In cross country and track, i will be able to be recruited and am going to talk to coaches of other colleges soon and hopefully duke if i might be able. I was just hoping to hear your opinions before i try. Thanks!