Greetings
I know from reading many posts that some of you have swam in college. I am the parent of an age group swimmer who has his sights set on a college scholarship. I was a sportsmed guy in a a Div 1 school in college and all of us worked many long hours and traveled a great deal to earn our way through. The athletes worked very hard of course and really paid in time for the funds they received in the form of books and tuition. I would rather pay for his schooling and see him study rather than swim. I do not want to steal his dreams though as a result of my cynical view of the system. Have any of you swam in college and what was your experience? Do you view it as a worthy goal or would you have done it differently? Any coaches out there with insight? All advice welcome. This is a great forum!
Many Thanks
Spudfin
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There are many small schools that have very good swim programs. And Remeber in most small schools between 80 & 95 % of the students receive some aid from the college. I went to knox in Galesburg, IL NO good swimming but a very good water polo team. Some of the other schools in the ACM are very competitive in swimming. I think Grinnell & Coe have good teams usually. There also schools that people know.
My big question is ,"How many people went to US News & World Reports top 100 undergrad schools & swam?"
You make good points. The real issue is not the size of the school or which NCAA Division they are in. Most, but not all, of the smallers schools do not have good engineering or business programs. They tend to be liberal arts, which is not what we are looking for.
There are some very interesting schools, like UC-San Diego and Emory. Very strong swim teams, not Div-I, and strong academics.
There are many small schools that have very good swim programs. And Remeber in most small schools between 80 & 95 % of the students receive some aid from the college. I went to knox in Galesburg, IL NO good swimming but a very good water polo team. Some of the other schools in the ACM are very competitive in swimming. I think Grinnell & Coe have good teams usually. There also schools that people know.
My big question is ,"How many people went to US News & World Reports top 100 undergrad schools & swam?"
You make good points. The real issue is not the size of the school or which NCAA Division they are in. Most, but not all, of the smallers schools do not have good engineering or business programs. They tend to be liberal arts, which is not what we are looking for.
There are some very interesting schools, like UC-San Diego and Emory. Very strong swim teams, not Div-I, and strong academics.
