Timing of athletic aid discussion

planit
Tue, 18 Sep 2018 01:31:24 +0000

He is probably waiting for her to finish her OVs so that he doesn’t have an offer hanging out there for a month, tying up a scholarship or roster spot while she continues to shop. If she’s ready to commit to this school if she gets enough money, she should tell him so. Then he will make an offer with (probably) a short deadline.

My daughter had money offers come at different times depending on the coach’s recruiting philosophy and, likely, how many scholarships they had to offer. She had two good offers come unsolicited, in July before senior year, and one come as it sounds like this coach wants, i.e., after she’d finished her OVs and let him know she was ready to decide among the schools she had visited. Just keep in mind that the coach is juggling his scholarship budget and the recruits–I do not envy them this process.