I am currently being recruited by the rowing coaches for both UVA and UW. Otherwise, I know those that schools would be most likely out of reach. Also, 3.4 is an UW GPA, my W GPA is 3.97
Being a recruited athlete will most likely help, the Crew coaches at the UW have great pull with admissions considering the teams reputation.
UW looks mainly at UW GPA's first and Weighted as a tie breaker. Recruited athletes, especially for the Marquee Sports, won't have these issues.
At the UW, Crew is a Marquee Sport......just ask the Harvard Men's team. Go Dawgs.
Essentially yes, BUT many ROTC programs have a good relationship with nursing schools so they save a few slots for cadets if they meet the requirements.
The bigger question at schools that admit to their nursing program after the first 2 years is do they hold spots for recruited athletes? And it is a fair question to ask the head coach if they are recruiting you. If there is ANY wiggle in their answer, the answer should be interpreted as NO.
You also take a risk during the first 2 years of injury getting you out of the rowing program and losing that "guarantee" of admission to nursing.
I think it is wiser to look at other rowing schools with nursing programs that admit as freshmen. It simplifies the deal with the coach. Particularly a school where you are competitive with other ROTC scholarship applicants. This is important because the 4-year Nursing scholarship is more important than the athletic scholarship. You can get a nursing scholarship once you arrive on campus, but that depends upon the availability of NURSING scholarships in that BN or BGE. It is a smaller pool than the general scholarship.
Simply put, the deal to the coach is get me admitted to the nursing school up front and I'll bring a ROTC scholarship. That is if you apply to a lower cost public where your ROTC scholarship chances are better.
University of Tennessee comes to mind here. Has a good women's crew, nursing admitted as freshmen, OOS tuition isn't horribly expensive, and your stats are very competitive for admission (which actually makes it more likely that you will do better once admitted - key to KEEPing your ROTC scholarship).
From this parent of an athlete (D3) who went through the recruitment vs where is my scholarship, coaches are most worried about getting recruits who are going to be able to keep academically eligible. AVAILability is the most important type of ability. Second issue is what is it going to cost me (both in terms of scholarship for D1 and in terms of pulling strings for admissions)?
You might want to talk with the ROO at the various schools (including UT if you have an interest) to see what this year's freshman scholarship class had in terms of stats (GPA, ACT, etc.). That will tell you whether you can say you will bring ROTC scholarship to the coach. Plus the ROO will be the one who assures the coach that yes you can do ROTC and Nursing and Crew. BTW, it is my understanding that UT has had varsity athletes in their ROTC in the past - track people IIRC.
Bottom line - get the ROTC thing nailed down first - it is your future. If you can find a school where you are highly likely to get the scholarship (based upon this year's results), you have a superior bargaining position with regards to admissions to nursing.
