Love seeing your banter with all the guys and everyone's input into your vlogs is super helpful as well! Honestly looks like such an amazing environment to be in!
Amazing vlog as always. You also covered a really interesting topic in Erg Thoughts and it was nice that you got a lot of people together so that they could share their perspectives and experiences. Big thumbs up.
Loved the video! It would be really interesting to have an erg thoughts on US vs UK university rowing - how they differ in terms of competition, what are the standards, what's training like, etc. Thank you!
Owen Keating SATs and ACTs are third party independent standardized tests for college entrance, required at most but not all US universities. Scores are one factor along with grades, application essays, and extracurricular activities considered by admissions offices. It is often cited as a metric by which universities compete with each other for selectivity. Different schools weigh test scores differently in admissions decisions though, some more, some less.
what do you guys think about Americans going to UK schools for rowing? are there scholarships for that? i have no clue about this at all. thanks, super cool vlog, subscribed! A
Awesome question! Schools in the UK are playing catch up scholarship wise vs the US. It is rare for them to be offered in the UK. I don't know the exact schools so you'll have to find out! Post grad wise it gets a bit different because there are essentially no eligibility rules in the UK unlike the US where you get your 4 years + age cap and you can't do a sport anymore. In the UK you can do a sport at a university at essentially any age assuming you are of the correct standard. There is a difficulty with standard of rowing in the UK vs the US but it seems like schools like Oxford Brookes are closing that gap quite drastically and I think they are one of the schools to be offering scholarship equivalents but I am not 100% sure. Thanks for the support!
Cameron Buchan hey thanks for the helpful reply! If you would elaborate on what you mean when using the terms "corect standard" and "standard of rowing" I would greatly appreciate it! I will begin research on Oxford Brooke's et al. My 15 year old son is a rising junior in high school, and I think this would be a very interesting option to pursue. Kind regards from across the pond, the Shenandoah Valley to be more precise! p.s. I was a spectator at the 1986 Henley, great fun. Kicked out of a private riverside club tent even! (more accurately politely asked to leave, but kicked out sounds more punk)
By the correct standard I am essentially saying the athletes have to have a good enough strength, fitness and ability. This varies across universities so don't want to give specifics. That's awesome! Hope you enjoyed the Henley trip even with the getting "thrown out"!
In general, if you're interested in shorter high level rowers then Rasmus Quist is a big name.... ( 5ft 8 ) Same height as me, although I'm nowhere near his standard ( to put it mildly )
It’s nice to hear that even if you have minimal experience in high school rowing coaches will still consider you
Learn how to row pairs is the spot on comment. Pair was my gateway to Junior worlds in highschool and then Cal. He's right.
Love seeing your banter with all the guys and everyone's input into your vlogs is super helpful as well! Honestly looks like such an amazing environment to be in!
Being with this group of guys is amazing!
Amazing vlog as always. You also covered a really interesting topic in Erg Thoughts and it was nice that you got a lot of people together so that they could share their perspectives and experiences.
Big thumbs up.
Thanks for the feedback!
Enjoying the discussion/advice erg thoughts.
Yeeaahhh buudddyyy
Loved the video! It would be really interesting to have an erg thoughts on US vs UK university rowing - how they differ in terms of competition, what are the standards, what's training like, etc. Thank you!
I have already discussed this in a previous vlog!
What's the title? Can't seem to find it
Edit: Just found it!
Vas (or Bas, how do you spell his name?) is a total rockstar!!
Valeria Jiménez Vassilis Ragoussis
Indeed he is!
Do race tactics vary much between a match race ( I hope that’s the correct terminology) and a 6 or 8 boat race?
Probably a whole erg thoughts right there!
How good to you have to be to get recruited. Not too the top team but just to make it easier to get in whilst having rowing??
What event are u doing at Henley
Some sort of sweep event!
What was the name of the place those 2 guys went for their gap year- I couldnt hear it
Wtf shots of t sauce @17:16
Gotta get them cals in
I'm from Australia, so help me out, what are SATs and ACTs?
James Lauder standardized tests for college in the USA
Yup, Owen is right. Tests that some universities get you to take
Owen Keating SATs and ACTs are third party independent standardized tests for college entrance, required at most but not all US universities. Scores are one factor along with grades, application essays, and extracurricular activities considered by admissions offices. It is often cited as a metric by which universities compete with each other for selectivity. Different schools weigh test scores differently in admissions decisions though, some more, some less.
The SAT is now out of 1600
You are correct
Top lightweight universities?
princeton, delaware, mercyhurst,
what do you guys think about Americans going to UK schools for rowing? are there scholarships for that? i have no clue about this at all. thanks, super cool vlog, subscribed! A
Awesome question! Schools in the UK are playing catch up scholarship wise vs the US. It is rare for them to be offered in the UK. I don't know the exact schools so you'll have to find out! Post grad wise it gets a bit different because there are essentially no eligibility rules in the UK unlike the US where you get your 4 years + age cap and you can't do a sport anymore. In the UK you can do a sport at a university at essentially any age assuming you are of the correct standard. There is a difficulty with standard of rowing in the UK vs the US but it seems like schools like Oxford Brookes are closing that gap quite drastically and I think they are one of the schools to be offering scholarship equivalents but I am not 100% sure. Thanks for the support!
Cameron Buchan hey thanks for the helpful reply! If you would elaborate on what you mean when using the terms "corect standard" and "standard of rowing" I would greatly appreciate it! I will begin research on Oxford Brooke's et al. My 15 year old son is a rising junior in high school, and I think this would be a very interesting option to pursue. Kind regards from across the pond, the Shenandoah Valley to be more precise!
p.s. I was a spectator at the 1986 Henley, great fun. Kicked out of a private riverside club tent even! (more accurately politely asked to leave, but kicked out sounds more punk)
By the correct standard I am essentially saying the athletes have to have a good enough strength, fitness and ability. This varies across universities so don't want to give specifics.
That's awesome! Hope you enjoyed the Henley trip even with the getting "thrown out"!
Cameron who is the really small guy at the end off the medal presentation that everyone cheers for..do you know his age and height
That's Sam Royston, he is coxing the Thames Cup eight
Cameron Buchan ah makes sense
In general, if you're interested in shorter high level rowers then Rasmus Quist is a big name.... ( 5ft 8 ) Same height as me, although I'm nowhere near his standard ( to put it mildly )
Those eye bags though smfh. Get some more sleep x
Yes sir!