 Lin sent his résumé and a DVD of highlights of his high @-@ school basketball career to all the Ivy League schools , University of California , Berkeley , and his dream schools Stanford and University of California , Los Angeles ( UCLA ) . The Pac @-@ 10 schools wanted him to walk @-@ on , rather than be actively recruited or offered a sports scholarship . Harvard and Brown were the only teams that guaranteed him a spot on their basketball teams , but Ivy League schools do not offer athletic scholarships . Rex Walters , University of San Francisco men 's basketball coach and a retired NBA player , said NCAA limits on coaches ' recruiting visits had an impact on Lin 's chances . " Most colleges start recruiting a guy in the first five minutes they see him because he runs really fast , jumps really high , does the quick , easy thing to evaluate , " Walters said . Lin added , " I just think in order for someone to understand my game , they have to watch me more than once , because I 'm not going to do anything that 's extra flashy or freakishly athletic . " 
