When we did a pre-read process, we were told clearly that coach can only help in giving a pre-read spot, that technically does not means a form of support.
At Caltech and MIT the final decision is with admission department. Hence we should not count pre-read spot as a support from the coach.
There were other kids who were rejected in pre-read process as admission department did not give a go-ahead(this was shared by the coach). So a pre-read is not really a support.
Now after REA results things are locked in for admission as a student.
We are already removing other schools from the list but MIT is D3 and has walk-on option so we have been debating if we should apply and leave it as backup in case if something unforeseen scenario comes up and his soccer position is taken away.
Even without talking to the MIT coach we can still apply and still have a backup. This way we don’t burn any bridges and still have some protection if things change.
As a parent am I thinking right ?