Hello can someone answer some questions about recruiting?

sportinmom
Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:52:00 +0000

My son was recruited in the summer of last year (as a rising senior) to play lacrosse at a D3 NESCAC College (New England Small College Athletic Conference). He was targeting NESCAC in particular and had been in touch with many of those coaches throughout junior year. He played at several NESCAC camps over the summer, making the all star team each time. He had a 3.82 unweighted GPA (out of 4.0) with all Honors and AP courses and a 34 on the ACT with strong other ECs so we were pretty sure he was in the overall range they were looking for. By July he had interest from seven of the 11 schools… he narrowed it down to two… one in CT and one in Maine (Amherst was very interested but went with someone else in June, Tufts was never particularly interested in him… Middlebury expressed interest and he met with that coach in Feb but decided the school was not a good fit ) and we went to visit and meet with the coaches… Prior to our visits they had asked for his transcript, board scores and senior year class schedule which we provided. When we visited both schools we were told the coaches had run his packet by admissions and both schools had “green lighted” him… which met they would most likely (nothing’s ever 100 percent) admit him with no changes… as long as he kept his somewhat rigorous senior schedule we provided. While we were in Maine my son decided to go with the school in CT… and called the coach and “Committed” and agreed to apply ED… With D3 the commitment is verbal, and you still need to go through the whole admissions process including essays, recs, etc… The coach told us we were good to go… but I have to admit I breathed a total sigh of relief on Dec 15 when he received his official acceptance from the University.