lost in the world of recruiting... help!

mayhew
Fri, 07 Oct 2011 23:52:16 +0000

As anyone who knows what we went through last year, after hearing “we always get our top recruits through” countless times by the very reputable 1st school committed to, I will say “ask for a LL”!!! It was a hard lesson to learn, the need to have the school’s commitment to you in writing, no matter what the coach says, and what admissions has apparently already said. There are girls taking unintended gap years that were in my D’s recruiting class with 1st school she committed to. When my D did get a LL, going through RD with her current school after 1st school’s ED/EA failed her, it was a beautiful moment! You may be walking away from other opportunities; my D said goodbye to numerous schools when she committed to school #1. I would be remiss in not warning you about what can happen when there is nothing in writing - you are taking ALL of the risk. In the meantime though, CONGRATULATIONS!!