Internationals to register with NCAA?

International Students
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<p>Hi!
Im an International student and I play table tennis at school,inter-school and state level.
I recently came to know that students interested in playing intra-collegiate,etc. have to register with the NCAA.Does this apply to internationals too?</p>

<p>Also,how much does contacting and talking to a coach of the college you’re interested in help?I read somewhere it helps in ED,but could somebody please elaborate exactly why and how?
Thanks in advance :)</p>

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<p>Yes internationals need to register with the NCAA if they want to play NCAA varsity sports (any candidates do)</p>

<p>Most schools/teams have web-pages including “get in touch” links (or emails) so prospective athletes can contact coaches.</p>

<p>That said I do not believe table tennis is a NCAA sport though … which makes your question about registering with the NCAA moot.</p>

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<p>^ Yep, table tennis is not a NCAA sport. That said the OP can still play table tennis on a inter-collegiate level though. There’s an individual organization for that called the NCTTA (National Collegiate Table Tennis Association). More can be found with the link below.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.nctta.org/[/url]”>http://www.nctta.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Oh okay thanks for enlightening me with that fact.</p>

<p>So,it wouldnt be useful for me in the admission process if I contact the coaches?Even if I want to play NCTTA?</p>

<p>Also,for colleges that dont have table tennis as a sport,do you think that it being my sport would be of little or no help to me(in the admission process)?That would be horrible because it’s my major EC and from where I come from,we hold it as a very competant sport.
Thanks again!</p>

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<p>Bump please ?</p>

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Your sport background shows that you will likely participate in life on campus in one way or another. That’s good. However, you may not get the benefits of being a recruited athlete. Your application will be first and foremost judged on your academic merits rather than your athletic ones.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the info b@r!um :slight_smile:

Could somebody please answer this now? :)</p>

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<p>The only people who can tell you if contacting coaches will help in admissions are the coaches themselves. Table tennis is a minor non-NCAA sport in the US … it will be up to each individaul school to decide if they cut admission breaks for players … so ask the coaches and they will let you know.</p>

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<p>Thanks a lot 3togo :slight_smile:
So…should I be in a hurry to do that now(as in,am I late as compared to other students)?And do you know where I can get more information about athlete-coach interaction that generally takes place before admissions?I am quite clueless about the athelete requirements in a US college.</p>

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<p>Oh,By the way,in the OP,by ‘state level’ I also meant ‘inter state’ as in ‘national level’.I forgot to mention that,sorry.</p>

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<p>I could use some help with the question the above post :)</p>

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Yes, you are late compared to other students. Though I doubt that there are a lot of students trying to get recruited for table tennis.</p>

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<p>Thanks for your reply.And how do I go about contacting coaches?I mean,how do I get their contact details?</p>