Is it normal to hear nothing?

PGMom
Sun, 04 Jan 2009 09:36:30 +0000

my son is trying for a PG year. At his first choice school he’s an athlete and a legacy. He had a terrific interview with the coach who said that he was a strong candidate and that he would be happy to stay in touch-- mentioning that it was okay for my son to email whenever he wanted…

But, when my son emailed him to tell him about a recent sports success, the coach didn’t answer. He also didn’t answer my thank you email, although that didn’t really require an answer.

my son is absolutely counting on going to this school-- especially after the warm welcome from the coach-- but he has some pretty bad high school grades to overcome (but good AP scores and SATs) and I’ve never been certain that the school would take him.

Should we be reading something in to the coach’s non-response? It seemed odd to me that a coach would make a point of suggesting to stay in touch and then not answer.