Hi @figuresk8school ! Welcome to the college fencing thread!
I’ll add on to what fencingmom said above. “Getting recruited” means different things to different people, and also means different things based on the schools you are interested in. There are over 45 NCAA colleges and universities with a fencing team. Some of these only have a women’s team.
The short answer is for the best fencing schools and the Ivy league, you would certainly need to fence outside of your school, compete regionally and nationally, and get quite good to hit the level that these schools will consider for recruiting.
However, if you’re just curious about opportunities to fence in college, then, as in the case with all sports, across the 45+ schools there are teams with different skill levels. There are quality colleges with fencing teams that would welcome someone on the team who has any competitive fencing experience, especially some of the NCAA division 3 teams.
For a full list of colleges with fencing teams, use this link: http://web1.ncaa.org/maps/memberMap.jsp
Select either men’s or women’s fencing in the “Sport” list and hit GO.
Most of all, if you are enjoy fencing, make sure you keep it fun for you!