<p>Coach correcting support offer from “full support” to “unconditional support”- is this better or worse? Should we be worried? Anybody know what this may mean?</p>
<p>I haven’t heard of anything beyond ‘support’. My experience has been that the coach has a certain number of ‘supported slots’ and he generally prescreens his candidates for those slots to be sure that admissions will pass on the supported candidates. </p>
<p>You probably know all that. </p>
<p>My S is a Cornell athletic recruit – but we talked with Villanova, Notre Dame, Denver, Duke, Hobart – plus a bazillion D3 schools that were not on S’s radar screen. His app is into Cornell and we are waiting for the fat envelope.</p>
<p>cnp55- just sent you a Private Message. Since you are new, I thought I would alert you!</p>
<p>I don’t see anything like that in the correspondence she or I get from D3 coaches. I must not be getting the same code. LOL. Maybe because we initiated the contact? Maybe because she doesn’t need that terribly much admission’s help at the schools she’s looking at attending? I don’t know, but there has been no mention of “support” . Full , unconditional or otherwise. We get things like this :</p>
<p>She can definitely play here. I guess the ball is in her court! Or this,</p>
<p>I just want to make sure she’ll commit to the team if we commit ! </p>
<p>Now admissions has agreed to fly her back out to two of her schools to help her decide. I had assumed that meant admissions (and bball) was happy with her. Maybe ? LOL. </p>
<p>Awww, we’re just going to dive in headfirst, what’s the worst that can happen? I’ve decided that this part is miniscule compared to how the heck am I going to pay for all this.</p>
<p>The code could clearly be different at a D3 vs a D1. OTOH … my S is being/was recruited by D1 teams that have a shot at the NCAA Final Four in his sport, but which is not a revenue-producing sport. The best teams in his sport come from some of the best colleges in the country, including several of the Ivies.</p>
<p>“Commit” is a buzz word, along with "support (with admissions). I would ask the coach point blank how much support your D will get from the coach with admissions if she commits. There may be less ‘slide’ (another buzz word) at a D3 LAC for women’s track than at a D1 for men’s hoops – but even if there is less ‘slide’, a supported application would move your D to the top of the pile with equally qualified students. </p>
<p>We have not looked for athletic scholarship dollars for our son, but rather for admission to what would be considered a reach school. He could have had the dollars, but at schools that would have been considered a 4 year sports camp. </p>
<p>But as far as the code goes … ASK the coach what they are talking about. What does ‘commit’ mean to the coach, what sort of ‘support’ with admissions can they offer? My experience is that you will get a straight answer.</p>