HI Kyle... Your videos are fantastic. I am an Independent College Counselor and for the past year, I have been recommending your videos to my potential college swimmers. From your videos about the business school we know you are an excellent student and super thorough so you as a matter of course actually started the recruiting process well before your step 1: Be persistent. You had done the self reflection and research to realize the criteria you were looking for in a college, you had done your work in the pool to be fast enough for a Div. 1 program and you had researched which college teams and campuses which would be a good fit. I would like to offer that these items are actually the first steps in being recruited in a DIV 1 program. Only after this preparation work is done is a potential recruit ready for your steps 1-3. I mention this because I see so many aspiring college athletes who are Juniors, hoping to be recruited but have no idea if they are at the right level, which teams might be a good fit or even what they are looking for in a college... They start the recruiting process with literally over 100 colleges on their list. . It would be GREAT to see your video on the work you did before you got to the Step 1 talked about here. Thanks!!! Diana
100 colleges is a big list. Not many colleges have Men’s swim teams so my list was way narrower than that. From there I made that sticky note on the whiteboard list ranking them by the 4 criteria
This is my senior year (23) as i am taking a gap year i was wondering if it was too late to get recruited as a student athlete . i was wondering if it is late as i may start just about now
Hey, Kyle! That was really an informative video! I was wondering if this process is any different for graduate admissions. If possible, could you make a video on that, too? It would be extremely helpful. Since I'm not from the US, I don't have much idea about how these things work. Thanks in advance!
It probably will vary as it will depend a lot more on what tests you have to take to get into certain graduate programs (gmat, mcat, etc). I don’t know much more about it, it probably depends a lot based on the program as not many people come to the US and swim in college for graduate school, however, definitely possible.
My HS didn’t do weighted grades Unweighted I was like 3.7 I think?? However, if you’re a recruited athlete, you do get a lot of assistance in the application process at many D1 schools.
What made you decide Cal over IU for swimming just wondering I’m gonna be 44 in august and when I was in high school I was told no I couldn’t compete and now University of indianapolis is now taking walk ons over 20 plus years after I graduated high school it’s crazy I’m gonna re evaluate my swimming in the fall I’m slowly getting back to the pool I’ve had sore tendons in my left shoulder I’m gonna have to ice it tonight but I’m ok with That I love your videos I hope you’ll do more with Nathan. Adrian do you have thoughts about training for the 2024 Olympic trials in Paris.
Hey Kyle! I'm an international student and my college counselor told me that it was easier to get on the team if i was accepted by the school first, sort of like "get accepted by the school and then wait for tryouts" its this a reliable process or should I email coaches and see if the normal recruiting process works out? Also I've already received some offers from D2, and D3 schools but i do not want to accept anything until i feel that i will not receive any better offer from a mayor program, is this alright? Thx for these vids :)
That works as well! However, if you email the coach, they could potentially get you into the school as a preferred walk on helping w the admissions department.
Hello Kyle, Thanks for the video. It was very helpful. However, I am an international student who just finished my junior year of high school and have gone through a COVID wave the last few months. I have reached out to many schools for many months but it just seems that since I have had so many disruptions to my training and I haven't been able to race since January, they have sort of ignored me. It seems sort of late in the process for me now and it feels like most schools that I want to go to are already done with their recruiting process. Do you have any tips on how I could get recruited and swim for a D1 team? Thanks :)
Of course! Just explain your situation to the coaches you’re reaching out to. Plenty of people are dealing with the effects of the pandemic and plenty are understanding of situations holding you out of the pool.
Hi Kyle! Great Video! Both my parents went to Cal btw (Go Bears!). I'm starting the recruiting process for Volleyball and am wondering how you dealt with social media interaction with recruiters/colleges. Are you using social media in a more personal way or keeping content strictly to your sport/major? Also did you also seek out academic advisors at these colleges in parallel to the coaches? I'm trying to figure out how the pieces will fit together between the academic and sports sides. Thanks!
Make sure to take the SAT/ACT is my best advice to help college coaches benchmark you academically. Lots of volleyball scholarships available! Keep up the great work!
Great video as always. I'm a swimmer but I am currently in highschool in Europe (16yo). I'm planning to study in USA in the future. Is it possible to get recruited as an international student and should I already start the recruiting process? I would really appreciate your help.
For sure! Depending on you year in high school, if you’re a junior or higher, I’d start reaching out. As I mentioned in the video, similar process for international students.
@@KyleMillis thank you so much! I would also like to ask if there are any specific times in events ,for both men and women, that would signify I'm a prospective candidate
thank you so so much for this video! im an aussie trying to play d1 volleyball at college in fall 2023, and most of my emails have been unanswered! when following up, what do we say to make it not sound awkward and desperate?
