What does a “green light” mean after an academic pre read from a school? What should my next step be as a student- athlete. Also does anyone know if Lehigh, Georgetwon, Cornell, or Bucknell offer athletic scholarships?
you should repost this question on the recruited athletes forum.
there is where you will find people who can answer your question.
Lehigh and Bucknell offer athletic scholarships. Georgetown and Cornell do not.
You need to figure out if you want to play D1, DII, or DIII. Understand the difference between them all.
Then figure out if you need any $$ to attend the school. Can your parents afford it. Does the school offer athletic scholarships, merit $$, a combination of both, or none at all. Figure out if your parents qualify for financial aid.
After you figure that all out, make a list of schools that you actually like and want to attend,
If you have gotten the " green light" from a pre-read somewhere you are already in the process, The next step is deciding whether or not you want to be on that team and go to that school. A coach might invite you for an “official visit” to see the school and meet with the team.
You don’t have to take the first offer you get.
Go to a school you want to go to, not just because you can play a sport there. If you hate the place you might be miserable for 4 years even though you get a chance to keep playing. If you can get an offer from one school, you are likely able to land an offer at multiple schools.
Good luck;
The amount of scholarship money at those D1 (or D2) schools that do offer it can vary quite widely depending on the sport.
I feel like I have given the same advice on dozens of threads. ASK THE COACH!
Green light is not going to mean exactly the same thing at two different schools. More than likely it mean that you will be admitted if the coach decides to extend you an offer. But not necessarily. My experience talking to coaches, and I have talked to several at different levels, is that they will be honest if you ask direct questions.
They do not always offer information up that hurts them, and they may shade things a bit when they are explaining how the process works. But if you ask a direct question, like does this mean I will be accepted if you extend me an offer? They will give you an honest answer. If you’ve gotten that far with the coach to get a pre read, you’re probably far enough along to also ask him where you stand on his list. You don’t have to do that, but I would. The more information you have the better off you are. And the coaches expect these hard questions.
I don’t think this is a question you should be intimidated to ask, but if it is have a parent ask. There were a few things that my son just did not want to talk to coaches about. Money was one. So was admissions. Another was what his role would be on the team if he accepted an offer. He wanted them to see that he was confident that he would take someones position and be a starter on day one. So if we had a question about where another recruit or player stood in relation to son I asked that question.
^ listen to what @dadof4kids says, because he is right on the money.
Green light, in S1’s experience, was an indication that he was an academic possibility for admission at the school in question. With a Red light, the coach would stop recruiting the athlete, yellow…cautiously recruit?
Georgetown offers athletic scholarships, some based on financial need.
My daughter’s experience was similar to 57special’s…the coach at the D1 schools where she was eventually offered an NLI literally used the phrase “green light” when talking about the results of an academic pre-read from admissions.