Is it possible for me to row crew at the D1 Level

Rowmom
Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:10:11 +0000

I’ve been reading posts for awhile and finally decided I should ask my question. My son is a lightweight rower for a highly respected club program. His 2K is 6:39. He has won many big races and even junior nationals in crew. His GPA is 4.16 with SAT (taken once) of 1980. He was also a 4 year varsity water polo player with many honors. He is an all-around great kid, smart, many honors and awards but not “brilliant”.
He keeps telling me that he has a shot at getting recruited to a top Ivy league college for crew. He has been exchanging emails with one particular coach who tells him he is a strong candidate for that school based on his athletics and academics.
However, I have seen the stats of admitted students and honestly most seem like they have academic perfection and the ECs are unbelievable - honestly I don’t know how they could have had the time.

I don’t want my son to get his hopes up, but if this is possible, I want to support him anyway I can. Does it sound unrealistic for him to be recruited to an Ivy for crew?