<p>Speaking as a D3 minor sport parent, our experience has been much more low-key.</p>
<p>The extent of our contact with the coaches have been </p>
<p>e-mails instigated by DS with his stats (academic and athletic) to start, couple of exchanges to set up a meeting when we visited (of the we’re coming, can we meet with you variety), couple of hours spent between meeting coach and watching team practice, coaches offered their full support for his app. Done. No wooing, hardly any contact/back and forth, little drama.</p>
<p>These are top schools (T10/T20) with middling programs in DS’s sport, but in at least one of the cases, I believe we were essentially offered an admission. </p>
<p>This is just to say to those who are not at the very top of the national recruiting pool, esp in minor sports, that effective things can be done with minimum of fuss. Don’t be discouraged if the coach isn’t knocking down your door.</p>