I know a girl, now at Harvard Law, who got into Harvard undergrad without the rowing but started when she was there. They obviously need talent so if you can find a rowing club, which not expensive comparatively to gymnastics or the worst, figure skating. Figure skating competitively for a year costs you 2 years of private school in NYC.

Bostonian, nice article from the Danes but how many medals have the Danes gotten in the Olympics in the last 50 years?