@gardenstategal that is what I thought as well, but I talked to our crew coach at Oakland Strokes (which is one of the most successful rowing teams in the nation) and he compared erg score to the SAT, it is important, but he said college coaches don’t necessarily base their recruits or their flagged applicants during admission off of erg score. Until I learned this, I assumed I would just go to Loomis and join their crew team regardless of it strength, but now I am really not so sure because I will ultimately be racing in an eight boat or fours during the high school season and apparently coaches rely heavily on those race times for recruiting.