<p>sherpa, thanks.</p>
<p>bcnmom: Weapon need is part of the luck issue. You may wish to check what each school has. If they have a lot of WE, then your odds are low for that weapon. To be candid we thought it would be very bad for WF this past year, given the numbers available. But that’s were the grade and scores came in and long history in fencing fist nationals points as a y10 at a NAC. </p>
<p>The dynamic may be changing with how coaches recruit somewhat. Both H and P coaches used likely-letters this year to co-opt people they were interested in. When the dust settles, I think the old and somewhat common approach of requiring a fencer to commit to the school through ED or EA, may be mitigated some. Of course the World Class guys won’t have that problem. But, it also seems that more of them (there are exceptions) because of the traveling do not have the grades/scores for the very top schools.</p>