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Is it too rush to commit as a sophomore?
sunflower999
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My S recently got an oral offer from one of his dream D1 schools and immediately committed to the coach, considering he's still sophomore, is it too rushed to commit at this time? i saw many kids here seem to make the final decision after receiving multiple offers. we are really newbie for such athlete recruiting process, not sure how powerful the oral offer could be, after all it's not written contract. anything could happen in the next two years.
1) What if the coach leaves school , will the offer still be effective?
2) Should my S still follow the regular application procedure to apply this school during the senior year? or will the coach mainly communicate with admission office?
3) My S did ask the academic requirements during school visit, the coach said the higher GPA the better and didn't specifically explained the minimum requirement. should we just use the school's general admission requirement as the reference? i couldn't find any academic requirements for student-athlete.
the reason why i asked because there're already several kids at my S's club got the offer pulled back due to academic reasons.
4 replies 1) What if the coach leaves school , will the offer still be effective?
2) Should my S still follow the regular application procedure to apply this school during the senior year? or will the coach mainly communicate with admission office?
3) My S did ask the academic requirements during school visit, the coach said the higher GPA the better and didn't specifically explained the minimum requirement. should we just use the school's general admission requirement as the reference? i couldn't find any academic requirements for student-athlete.
the reason why i asked because there're already several kids at my S's club got the offer pulled back due to academic reasons.
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Replies to: Is it too rush to commit as a sophomore?
You may be able to get some idea of the academic portion by looking at the demographics of your sport, and whether it is a priority sport ( depending on the school, football, basketball, lacrosse, hockey). From what I am gathering, the academic standards are a bit higher for the "country club" type sports, because it is a lot easier to fill a team with 32+ ACT scores in some sports than others.
If the coach leaves, it is up to the new coach whether to honor offers. Some do, some don't. See article about the U of Conn this year, telling the kid 'yes' then 'no' days before signing.
Yes, for D1 the offer will become written, but only in November of senior year when he signs the NLI. Until then, everything is based on the promises made by the coach.
Yes, he applies in the regular process. Many athletes apply ED. Yes, he has to be accepted by the school and there are both school standards and NCAA standards to meet. Many coaches track the application through admissions, but I'd recommend NOT having the coach submit an application. My daughter's did, and it caused 2 files to be open since daughter also completed an application. It took more than a year to discover this, and cause a lot of problems with outside paperwork (hs transcripts, ACT scores, scholarships) being in the wrong file.