<p>Good questions; I’ll try them one at a time.
Your son is off to a great start, but he’s got a long way to go to be recruited. My best advice would be for him to take a LOT of lessons and compete as much as possible.</p>
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Complicated question, and a lot depends on his coach. Most coaches concentrate on one weapon. What your son has done, beginning with foil and then adding epee is, in my opinion, the best possible developmental path. The point control learned in foil transfers to epee very well. A few years ago a foilist who had never had an epee lesson and had only competed in epee at local events a few times entered Y14 epee at a NAC just “for fun” and ended up winning the event. He still specializes in foil, but has filled in for his college team a few times when they needed an epeeist.</p>
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I’d hold off on scheduling meetings until next summer, but I wouldn’t be shy about approaching and speaking with college coaches if you get a chance. Most are very approachable.</p>
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Probably not. These camps are primarily designed to generate revenue for the school and the coaches don’t view the participants as prospects. The students like to think of themselves as prospects, but it never works out that way.</p>
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These are probably not realistic, but some other great schools might be. Ask him to consider Brandeis, Haverford, Vassar, and possibly Johns Hopkins.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>