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Originally posted by DJ Xtracktor Hello, I go to California State University of Long beach, its a great school, but so are all the other ones that everyone mentioned. Also many many other great schools out in the rest of states. To maybe help with your decision, use this search engine. http://www.collegeboard.com/csearch It helped me pick my schools when i was applying, best of luck to ya!

ah yes...CSULB

btw why didn't this guy come back and post?

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Originally posted by verndogs i actually really like the area around UCB

yea me too, cept for the chick who called her friend for backup and then her friend accidentally shot and killed her a block from my apt

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Originally posted by Boomer187 If you really wanna swim check this site out. http://www.ncaa.org/sports/swimming/ You can list the schools that sponsor the sport. If your really good check out division 1 teams. Well there is a ton o info on there. SO look for times and what division those times are in. Then list out all teh unis in that division pick the schools in the lower part of the US, a Uni of california school would be ncie, they have great weather, but there are other place. so find some and post em up and we'll see if we can help.

this is a good idea. given that you are from australia, i am going to assume that you are a relatively fast swimmer, so you can probably do division 1. you can get an idea of how fast each team is by talking to their coach, or maybe online, i dunno. there are a lot of different levels of swimming schools in D1 and not knowing how fast you are, it would be hard to recommend one to you. div 1 and div 2 can give scholarships. div 3 and 4 cant, and they are typically slower.

i swam division 1 in college and we recruited a few international students. usually a team gets a quota of how many foriegners they can have on their roster. but we did bring them out for recruiting trips so the best idea is to find out what schools you would be a good fit for and then call their coaches. the ncaa allows you to go on 5 recruiting trips.

hey guys thanks heaps. been really helpful. sorry been busy last day and time difference is a bitch. i will check out some sites shortly!

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