Unofficial visits over the summer

gointhruaphase
Fri, 09 Jun 2017 18:53:01 +0000

I never went through the process without an athlete, my experience is skewed. The general sense that I had was that the process is just accelerated for athletes. Even the D3 recruits started thinking about what they were looking for in their sophomore year. It forces more organization and sharpens the focus of the college search. That said, procrastination is not all bad. It is somewhat romantic to be the college senior who is juggling hopes and dreams when picking between 5 regular decision offers. It is true that the recruit gets a red carpet of sorts during official and unofficial visits. On the other hand, the non-recruit can take one look at a school and say to his or her parents “nope, not doing it, let’s go to the next one on the list.” Tougher to do that when you have a meeting scheduled with a coach.