Rowing in America at Ivy League level…

I have had interest from friends of friends out of town and have been meaning to do this for ages…

 

ROWING OVERSEAS Contact ;Head Coach of Crew at the University.

IVY LEAGUE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS Yale and the other 7  Ivy League Universities do not give scholarships, they give financial aid. The student has to be generally , in the ’excellence’ category in all subjects, to qualify for entry into Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Pennsylvania , Columbia, Dartmouth, Brown, Cornell. Ivy League cannot give a place to a student who doesn’t fit the academic criteria. The student will have to complete SAT 1 and SAT 2 tests before acceptance and these are carried out in Auckland approximately 3 times a year . search ‘SATS Auckland ‘

FINANCIAL AID From memory …at Yale University if the joint income of both parents is under US$65000.00 the international  student qualify for financial aid of some sort. Search eg; ‘Yale Financial Aid’ and then ’International Student’ .The total cost for 2010 was cUS$57000 per year, includes tuition, books, travel (to camps for rowing) room and board , health insurance . I think food is additional. There are no interest free loans available from Nz to study overseas, as yet.

AIR FARES Travelling AIR NZ or QANTAS generally are

Christmas 2010; NY -AK return c$4300-$4500.

Jun - Aug 2011; NY to AK return c$1300

NON-IVY LEAGUE But in saying all of this…The other universities  (non-ivy league ) do give scholarships in rowing and I would contact the Head Coach of ‘Crew’ at either University of Washington or University of California…2 of the top rowing schools in the US.

WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY There is little to be said against it (see below for that)

i)                     The fantastic opportunity of a degree from one of the Ivy League universities is undeniable. Harvard is considered the top university in the world, Oxford is 2^nd and Yale is considered 3^rd.

ii)                   The chance for an independent student  to mingle and study alongside peers in an overseas environment

IT’S NOT FOR EVERYONE Some of the disadvantages are ;

i)                     Summer school may be necessary to get the credits necessary to pass each year. That incurs costs Ivy League Universities do not pay the student to do extra work (they do subsidize though)and that can mean the student cannot come home for US summer break (our winter)

ii)                   When the student comes home for US summer break there is little possibility of a job for such a short time to gain extra money.

iii)                  The student rowing has little time to work at university. Rowing and studying is a full time job.

iv)                  Homesickness…it is hard to see family more than 2 times a year .

v)                   Rowing camps are usually  ‘spring break’ and again on the 27^th Dec to the 10^th jan and that is the Christmas break gone for parents.