I play football in the fall, swimming in the winter, and baseball in the spring & summer. Football is no longer much fun to play. I was wondering if I shouldn't play football next year and do cross-country instead. Cross-country would be more beneficial, and would get me in better shape, and I am seriously trying to get a swimming scholorship. Should I quit football and do cross country instead?
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I went a 21 in the 50 free in high school (this was 10 years ago) and received zero scholarship offers. Zip. I had great grades and a very high SAT. However, the reason I did not get a scholarship offer is because the only Div 1 school I applied to was U of Mich. No way was I scholarship matieral.
I too believe you can get a scholarship. Heck, you could get a scholarship to U of Michigan. However, don't be affraid to look at schools like American University, East Carolina, Oakland University, all of the MAC schools etc.
Also, most schools offer half scholarships or even quarter scholarships. They would rather offer 16 half scholarships than 8 full (to fill out the roster). I believe that Dolan was on a half ride for a while at Michigan.
Finally, the guy who finised last at D1s in the 50: Here is the way the meet works. If you qualify for the meet in any event, you can swim up to 3 individual events as long as you swim atleast on of the events in which you qualified. A lot of times a breaststroker or backstroker will swim the 50 on the first day of the meet simply for the heck of it. So the guy who went a 21.01 was swimming an OFF event.
I went a 21 in the 50 free in high school (this was 10 years ago) and received zero scholarship offers. Zip. I had great grades and a very high SAT. However, the reason I did not get a scholarship offer is because the only Div 1 school I applied to was U of Mich. No way was I scholarship matieral.
I too believe you can get a scholarship. Heck, you could get a scholarship to U of Michigan. However, don't be affraid to look at schools like American University, East Carolina, Oakland University, all of the MAC schools etc.
Also, most schools offer half scholarships or even quarter scholarships. They would rather offer 16 half scholarships than 8 full (to fill out the roster). I believe that Dolan was on a half ride for a while at Michigan.
Finally, the guy who finised last at D1s in the 50: Here is the way the meet works. If you qualify for the meet in any event, you can swim up to 3 individual events as long as you swim atleast on of the events in which you qualified. A lot of times a breaststroker or backstroker will swim the 50 on the first day of the meet simply for the heck of it. So the guy who went a 21.01 was swimming an OFF event.
