My kiddo decided that her athletic ability might make the difference in her application so she actively reached out to the coaches at each school and zoomed with nearly all of them. She started emailing/talking with them starting in September.
Her typical scenario was:
(a) email coach to express interest
(b) zoom with coach to chat about team/her experience
© follow up zoom with specialist coach (not every school)
(d) zoom with 1-3 current students on the team
(e) follow up with head coach with recruiting video/highlights/tournament result via email
Only two schools used the word ‘athletic recruit’ when talking with her.
One AO positioned himself as the ‘athletic recruit interviewer’.
We are hoping that these coaches will raise her name up closer to the top of the students to consider pile to AOs, but we understand that there are many people involved in deciding which kids to offer a place. Sports coaches are putting forth their requests, but so is the band director, math competition professor, and the theater director. In addition, we have absolutely no visibility as to who else is applying and what skills those students bring to the student body.
We are expecting to find out what kiddos next 4 years may look like on M10 along with everyone else but sincerely hoping that one school on her list decides that her strengths match a hole that they’re trying to fill. We don’t need a list of school offers (and somehow, having to choose between them without the ability for a visit day will be difficult), so we are hoping at least one!