Have bumped into a lot of W&L lax guys over my years on the street.
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Good point, I hadnât understood these are all firm offers from these coaches.
Itâs really important that OPâs S understand the timing for each coach and how long the offer will be open. Some coaches only give a few days, some a week or two, some a month. Itâs Oct 7th and the ED clock is ticking.
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This site placed NYU slightly higher than W&L, even when adjusted for enrollment:
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Thatâs the one I had seen, but obviously misremembered.
We have relayed that, but so far none of the coaches have given any deadlines or any pressure. The schools with early action have said he could even apply early action if he wants. Theyâve been great so far, but we do know he needs to start making some decisions.
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Love the LACs, and some of them have good alum support on Wall St. Their âfeederâ numbers certainly seem to look good on a per capita basis.
Somewhat misleading though. I wouldnât be surprised if half the kids at Midd and other peer schools are getting their finance job/internship through a parent or a friend of a parent. It seems that way. Ask one. There will often be a pause, a sheepish laugh, and then âyah, my dad/mom basically got this for me.â
Not saying it doesnât happen at Stern and other large schools too, but it distorts the LAC feeder numbers. Itâs frequently not as simple as âthey came to campus, interviewed me, invited me back, x rounds later, I got the job/internshipâ. The jobs can land in mysterious ways.
Something to consider.
OP: Are all offers firm ?
Upthread the OP stated all are âgreen light with full support.â
Seems to me that there may be a disconnect here. Offers in D3 (or D1) do not typically remain open for an extended period of time. Many athletes who are also strong students want spots at those schools. Even having an option for a full month would be out of the ordinary.
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Yep. Usually thereâs a pretty firm deadline for responding.
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Iâll try to clear up any questions about the timeline/deadlines.
To start, an older son (not CMU son) was recruited by 3 of the 5 schools for the same sport. He submitted for prereads at 2 of those 3. He ultimately decided not to ED at one of the schools. The other school said he could EA. He was also being recruited by other schools and ended up not committing until Christmas break. There was never any pressure to commit other than the need to ED at the one school.
This current son submitted everything for prereads to Wesleyan and NYU over the summer. They said they didnât need SAT scores unless they were 1550+ as they would not submit them otherwise. He was wanting to hold off on Case and W&L, with their agreement, until the August SAT to see if he could get his score up (which he did, but not quite 1550). Wesleyan got the green light in July. NYU said they wouldnât get the results until October which is exactly what happened. Case and W&L submitted the prereads mid-late September after the better SAT score. Chicago had gone silent for a couple months and only reached out to see if they were still on our sonâs radar in the last 3-4 weeks. I assume they missed out on their top target at his position for some reason. They then submitted his preread. So, 4 of the 5 prereads have only been done in the last few weeks. He hasnât been sitting on them for months. We do know some decisions will need to be made soon, but we donât believe there have been any misunderstandings or miscommunications.
I hope this answers all of those questions. If anyone has any other inputs on the schools themselves or has other questions, I look forward to hearing them. This has been very useful to our family.
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Hereâs the URL for the Wesleyan consulting page: