unofficial school visits, tours, demonstrated interest

BKSquared
Wed, 11 Apr 2018 16:25:18 +0000

We kept the funnel wide for S through the summer before senior year. He was in contact with a dozen or so coaches through the summer. He ended up doing 5 official visits in the late Summer/Fall, all D3’s. Similar to your situation, 2 schools were EA and the coaches could at best offer support and a 50/50 chance even though his scores/GPA were at those school’s median. The other 3 were ED. He ended deciding to apply EA to Yale but not as an athletic recruit because it was his first choice. He was contacted by some coaches after the EA announcement date to see if he still was interested in their support for ED2/RD, so at least in his sport (baseball) not all positions are claimed by RD time. He would have been a high band kid, so the coaches probably still had some recruitment “coin” to use for him. So, I think our situation is somewhat similar to yours with your high stat kid. If one of the ED schools is her clear first choice, then it is an easy decision. If the 50/50 EA school remains her first choice, it might be worth a gamble to apply there EA and see what happens. If she is a top recruit, coaches at the other schools may still have some room to support her ED2/RD, and with her stat’s, she may not need a recruiting boost at all. If she was recruited, I don’t think she will have any issues as a “walk-on” – it’s actually a bonus for the lucky coach.