Sport

Tennis is one of the most popular sports in American universities, and It is the sport with the highest percentage of international student-athletes (more than 30% of the total).
More than 1000 universities have a tennis program within them
For admission to the sports level, a minimum UTR of 4.5 is required for women and 6 for men.
UTR is the most used tennis level rating worldwide and easily comparable to your national level.

Golf is very popular in the USA and many champions started out in college, like Tiger Woods.
More than 1000 universities offer scholarships.
To obtain a scholarship you must have an HCP equivalent to the average (-2) of the 4 best golfers on the university team. In general you need to have an hcp very close to 0.
Almost 20 thousand new scholarships every year.

Although it is not the most popular sport in the United States, almost 1000 skiers compete every year in a major university championship.
There are many places in the USA that are located at very high altitudes (for example Denver at 1600 meters from the sea) with very prestigious universities that have teams of skiers within them.
Many very famous skiers started from the world of American college.
For sports evaluation, level and national ranking are taken into account.