Your Opinion Needed; Where to Go for Swim?

wilberry228
Sun, 27 Nov 2011 21:59:09 +0000

First off, you should fill in all the questionnaires online of the schools you have named, and see who might have interest in you. Your end of season times this year will be what they will be mostly looking at, so it’s promising that you have been dropping time so far.

Those are a lot of very different schools, and you’ll only be able to go on five official visits, and this will also cut into your practice time next year. It sounds like your scores and grades will be fine for any of them, so if you want to have a coach’s support to get in, that will depend on your times and their needs. You should also visit as many as possible on your own before the official visit season arrives, although I know it’s difficult with a swim schedule.

As for ‘practicing with guys’ some of the teams may not have their mens’ and womens’ teams practice together (I’m not familiar with the way it works at most of the schools you mentioned) so you shouldn’t really rule out a school based on whether or not they have both if the school and team are a good fit for you. (ditto for the colors of the suits )

As far as not partying and the whole culture of the school, as you know, the best determination of this will be the official visit. Good luck with the rest of the season and school year! It will be a busy fall for you next year.