Okay, I'm really confused about sports and admissions

<p>The world of verbal commitment is a strange one for ivies.My d was recruited throughout sophomore / junior year(all according to NCAA rules, I might add). The coaches at the school she committed to were VERY straight forward as to academics. She was told straight out what her SAT scores had to be. Coaches ( and , specifically, assistant coach who is the contact with admissions. One aside: I recently had to call admissions office for some information and mentioned the assistant coaches name. Admissions officier said " X [first name] knows exactly what info you need. he can handle it for you." gave me some comfort that admissions knows him) reviewed her transcript. ONLY after this, did head coach offer spot on his recruiting list (and was quite clear about number of spots he had) It was very clear coaches know what admissions wants. Head coach related that in his 10 years, he has only lost a couple recruits and that happened because info on applicants came out during admission process he didn’t know about. Coaches are VERY clear that admissions admits but , at least in this situation, we felt coaches really knew, understood, and had a relationship with admissions. Will see if we are looking through rose colored glasses at the end of process. promise to report result. coaches , by the way, have stayed in close contact with her including checking in about academics.</p>

<p>But, on my daughter’s club team, 12 kids have already made verbals. At school she committed to, 1 spot left only because a top player just decided ACC rather than Ivy. May not like it, but junior year is the year… senior year athletics, as far as college recruitment, doesn’t mean much anymore.</p>