Tufts vs. Amherst

8bagels
Fri, 08 Jan 2016 02:45:26 +0000

True. “Must have visited” is a bit of an overstatement.

Although most do seem to visit.

I would think esp. for fully supported (“slotted”) recruits, as opposed to recruits who are only promised a “tip.” Coaches don’t get too many slots (generally, 14 or so for football and 2 for all other sports), and as a coach I wouldn’t want to risk one of my few slots on a kid who hasn’t even visited the school.

But, with NESCAC, there’s almost no hard and fast rule for anything, recruitment things vary quite a bit from school to school, and even coach to coach within the same school. So, I have no doubt it is possible to be a tipped recruit, or even a slotted recruit, without visiting.

Anyways, if the OP visited both, it would be interesting to hear his impressions.