Unofficial visits over the summer

Ohiodad51
Mon, 12 Jun 2017 13:15:08 +0000

If you asked him a couple weeks ago to compare any 2 ivy schools, he would have had a fuzzy and probably inaccurate answer. Now he has at least an idea of some of the differences, as well as the similarities. He still isn’t sure what he wants, but he at least has a better idea in his head of what the differences are. Lots of differences between the coaches and their philosophies as well.

And this is huge. Don’t discount this part of it at all. I know it is hard to think this way, but you have to remember that recruiting is a two way street, and it is very likely that your son will draw interest from schools that he just isn’t interested in. Just like the coaches spend the first phase of recruiting gathering a ton of information on a ton of kids, you are right to be doing the same. Now the process will start to narrow, from both sides. But your son will be in a far better place to make decisions on where to place his focus with the groundwork you have done.

And alumni support, particularly from the various “friends of” or “varsity club” groups is certainly a thing. It is a huge advantage in fact.