gettin into stanford through sports

TheGFG
Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:45:14 +0000

This week a Stanford coach told me and my rising senior D that he is just now deciding on his short list of 5-10 athletes to bring in for an official. He might have been stretching the truth to cover up the fact that he is putting her on his list now from among his second choices, but that IS exactly what he said. He also said that after that first round of the selection process, they see who they get and then go through a second round if necessary. He said it’s fairly common to have kids come in for official visits in January. That’s late. So at least in her sport, the recruiting isn’t all done in junior year. D did fill out 2 recruiting questionnaires earlier–one at the beginning and one at the end of junior year, but phone contact just started.

All the other schools she is looking at have already had her schedule her official, so this seems late to us.