College volleyball recruiting opens June 15 after sophomore year for calls and correspondence and August 1 of junior year for contact and visits; the women’s calendar then sets a fall contact period and a December quiet period. The 2026-27 dates, camp rules, 18-player rosters, and the Ivy League.
A Division I official visit may not begin before August 1 of junior year in most sports, covers at most two consecutive nights of lodging, and allows up to 60 dollars per person in entertainment. What separates official and unofficial visits, the rules by division, and what coaches evaluate.
College softball recruiting opens at 1 p.m. Central time on September 1 of junior year, when Division I coaches may first call, write, meet a recruit off campus, or host a visit. The 2026-27 calendar, the six-weekend fall travel-ball rule, 25-player rosters, and the Ivy League.
In Division I, a coach may not send recruiting correspondence or call a prospect before June 15 after sophomore year in most sports, or meet the prospect off campus before August 1 of junior year. When college coaches can contact you, by division and sport, and what counts as contact.
College wrestling recruiting has new dates for the class of 2028 onward: Division I coaches may call from April 1 of junior year, meet a recruit off campus from June 15 after junior year, and host visits from August 15 of senior year. Earlier classes follow the general rules. Rosters and Ivy League.
A Division I recruit needs 16 NCAA-approved core courses, a 2.3 core-course GPA, and ten of those courses finished before senior year. The NCAA eligibility requirements by division, what counts as a core course, what happens if you fall short, and the Eligibility Center steps in order.
Medical internships for high school students take three real forms: hospital junior volunteer programs from age 14 to 16, structured research programs such as Garcia and Simons, and clinical certifications like CNA and EMT for older teens. Here is the grade-by-grade ladder that compounds.
The George Washington University acceptance rate is 47.1 percent for fall 2025: 27,034 applicants, 12,741 admits, and 2,405 enrolled, unchanged from a year earlier. Early Decision applicants were admitted at 66.3 percent, international applicants at 36.3 percent, and SAT scores ran 1310 to 1450.
The American University acceptance rate is 65.6 percent for fall 2025: 20,960 applicants, 13,741 admits, and 1,545 enrolled, after a 22 percent rise in applications. Early Decision applicants were admitted at 80.6 percent and international applicants at 50.5 percent; 1,182 came off the waitlist.
The University of Pittsburgh acceptance rate is 59.4 percent for fall 2025: 64,724 applicants, 38,477 admits, and 5,876 enrolled at the Pittsburgh campus, up from 58.1 percent a year earlier. Admitted SAT ranges run from 1280 to 1440 in arts and sciences to 1320 to 1470 in engineering.
The Syracuse acceptance rate is 48.8 percent for fall 2025: 46,645 applicants, 22,756 admits, and 3,969 enrolled, per the Common Data Set. Early Decision applicants were admitted at 55.7 percent, New York residents at 45.8 percent, and international students at 32.8 percent.
The Fordham acceptance rate fell to 47 percent for fall 2026 after applications rose 23 percent to a record 53,605; 25,304 students were admitted and 2,660 enrolled. Admitted students averaged a 3.76 GPA with SAT scores of 1380 to 1490, and 60 percent were admitted without test scores.
The strongest engineering summer programs for high school students are free and committee-selected: MITES, COSMOS, and lab placements through Simons and Clark Scholars. Pre-college courses prepare, FIRST robotics feeds the pipeline year-round, and building is the currency throughout.
Greenwich High School graduates 643 seniors with no rank, a weighted GPA topping out at 5.10, 35 AP courses, and published AP limits by grade; Brunswick and Greenwich Academy cap AP at three a year. Where each school sends graduates and how selective colleges read Greenwich transcripts.
Half Hollow Hills East and West weight AP grades by adding half the distance to 100, report no rank, offer 31 AP courses each, and sent 80.1 and 87.4 percent of the Class of 2025 to four year colleges with mean SATs of 1203 and 1201. How selective colleges read Dix Hills transcripts.
Edgemont weights honors and AP grades on a 6.3 point scale, gates every honors and AP course by teacher recommendation, does not rank, and sent 142 of 149 graduates in the Class of 2024 to four year colleges with a 1343 average SAT. How selective colleges read an Edgemont transcript.