@Ignutzz - our child is a 2024 recruit, and we are also feel like we are flying blind! I definitely second sending out emails - she has never received a reply from filling out a recruitment form (and she’s done many), but has from sending out emails. She is only looking at D1.
She has been talking to 5 schools in the last couple of months, and she is regularly in touch with the coaches at 3 of them. They are all selective academically (not Ivy), and one put her through the pre-read process two months ago. She contacted them after a couple of weeks to ask how the pre-read went and they said they got a positive response, so they are continuing on with the recruitment process. They did not act as though she was out of line for asking about the results. As a previous poster said, she was told that they have a certain number of slots with admission whereby the student does not have to meet the standard admission requirements, but there was still a minimum GPA and class rigor requirement. Interestingly, all of these schools are test-optional and she was not asked for her test scores. I believe the NCAA just dropped the minimum test score requirement for D1 and D2, so test optional schools are no longer required to ask for scores, at least for D1.
There seem to be a lot of knowledgeable people on this thread, so I would like to also ask a question: what should she expect with respect to next steps? Do official visits ever happen in the summer, or only late August/September? It seems I’ve been hearing more and more about kids taking officials in April/May, almost like the process is speeding up.
Thank you and good luck to your child!