<p>internationals:</p>
<p>Correct. There are no basketball scholarships. But, the athletic department has about 60 admissions “slots” in each entering class that they can give a push to. Because they aren’t stocking a football team, the men’s basketball program has several of these “slots” allocated to them.</p>
<p>That athletic “push” can be a significant factor in admissions, so I would definitely contact the basketball coach. Just put together an e-mail with a bit of background. Give him a sense of your academic qualifications (because he’ll need to “sell” that to the admissions office) and then an outline of your basketball experience.</p>
<p>Swarthmore is not a powerhouse in athletics and it is very difficult for them to recruit athletes with the academic qualifications to be comfortable at Swarthmore. My initial reaction to your list was that you might well qualify as a “recruited athlete” at Swarthmore.</p>
<p>Here’s the link to the basketball website:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.swarthmore.edu/athletics/team_mens_basketball/index.html[/url]”>http://www.swarthmore.edu/athletics/team_mens_basketball/index.html</a></p>
<p>If you click the “Coaches” link on the right side of the page, you get a profile of the head coach, Lee Wimberly. There’s a link on that page “Contact Coach Wimberly” that will take you to his e-mail. There is also a link to a “recruiting form” that you can fill out on-line. I would fill out that form and then duplicate the information in a personal e-mail to Wimberly. </p>
<p>If you want to be agressive about it, copy your basketball e-mails to the International Admissions Officer. You can find his/her name and e-mail on this list:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.swarthmore.edu/admissions/contact_us.html[/url]”>http://www.swarthmore.edu/admissions/contact_us.html</a></p>
<p>Frankly, I’d probably put together an introductory e-mail for the International Admissions Rep in any case. The name of the game is making yourself known – through the strength of your application and any other way you can think of short of being obnoxious about it.</p>