Eligibility of Graduate Students

[TrainingDummy]

That's not necessarily true, especially at big sports schools that have masters programs that cater to student athletes with remaining eligibility.

Hmmm, I didn't realize those even existed.

[Thud13]

Not too entirely worried about the time commitment, lord knows I've experienced the time crunch in situations mirroring graduate school. Besides, I'm one of the sick bastards who enjoys sitting at the lab bench until 4AM in the morning. There's a reason I have keys.

Was just hoping that I would be able to participate having come from a Div III undergraduate institute without a fencing team. Oh well though, I'll see if the coach won't let me fence his team on occasion and I'll join a salle near the school.

Thanks for the answer guys.

[eac]

If a college/university/whatever, as a community, is "arbitrarily formed" then what do you consider more, for lack of a better word, legitimate?

Well, like I said, if they're like the robot team and they have a common reason for being there, like for instance that they want to put a robot on the moon and have it stream back HD video.

I generally like the common reason version of team better than the shared history version, because I have less shared history than the average person.

[Wafath]

I am far from an expert on this, but...

That being said if you compete against varsity college teams with your club, that might also impact your eligibility.

AFAIK, it does not matter if your competition is against varsities or not, just if they are "intercollegiate".

Also unmentioned here are the complicated rules on transfers between schools which may or may not come into play.

Also unmentioned here is the fact that some varsity teams may not want to bother dealing with these issues for someone they will get at most for a year.

Make the most of your club and don't plan on being able to go varsity in graduate school.

I would say check with the schools compliance office, but I wouldn't bet on being able to fence varsity in graduate school, and you should choose a graduate school for other reasons.

Also collegiate fencing=awesome experience

Both are very true.

W

[catwood1]

OOOooo, if/when I ever go to grad school, I might have an extra 3 semesters of eligibility. Go figure... :-)