unofficial school visits, tours, demonstrated interest

dadof4kids
Fri, 15 Jun 2018 16:46:22 +0000

I think you are correct that it is comparing apples and oranges. One isn’t NCAA, so very different.

Plus the reality is that because of Title 9 and football, men’s and women’s sports really aren’t comparable anyway. The money and opportunities have to be better for the women to equalize the huge resources devoted to football.

S and I had the same conversation regarding number of schools. He is a wrestler, so not that many D1 schools to pick from, probably not 20 in the country that met his academic and athletic desires. I wasn’t really comfortable crossing anyone off of the list before he had an offer. He kind of treated it more like he expected to get several offers, so talking to a small number was fine. It was a constant issue with us up until the day he got his first offer. You don’t necessarily need a huge list. But unless he is a top recruit coach needs may come into play and he might not get any offers if he only talks to 5-10 schools. It really depends on how he stacks up against the other recruits. And personally as a parent I think that is very hard to judge. That’s why I kept pushing for a wider net.