Any x-c track recruits out there?

TheGFG
Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:28:06 +0000

^ Precisely this confusion is why I first posted. Recruiting is so different across sports, genders, and schools, and I’m having trouble getting straight answers!

What the Stanford coach told my D is that the Admissions Office works first on preparing the special athletic recruit applications for the sports with the earliest NCAA signing date. Since the first signing date for track isn’t until February, track recruits are low on the totem pole. Anyway, the coach said that after D receives the special application, she has to submit it and be accepted by Admissions BEFORE the coach can schedule her official visit. This is not the same as an admissions pre-read–that was already done. This is a full-fledged acceptance.

But here’s the confusing part: none of the other D1 schools D is looking at operate this way. All of them were able to complete an admissions pre-read early on and then schedule an official visit for her in September or October. The application phase was to come later, once she decided she wanted to commit.

I know Stanford is Stanford and all, but how can they compete with the other schools if they operate on such a late timetable? It’s risky for the student to hold off his/her other offers, Ivies for example, past the ED deadline and worse, into the new year. So, as you can imagine, this situation had us wondering whether the Stanford coach was being truthful about D being in their top recruit pool. Also, we heard rumors (but have no substantiated facts) that other runners have already been on officials to Stanford.

So…