Congratulations to your son! I am happy to hear that not all athletic recruits were affected by this highly unusual behavior. I can confirm the “25 recruited athletes deferred to RD” number and I can also confirm that all coaches were informed of this Admissions decision TWO DAYS before the ED1 decisions were released. Like your son, my DD was supported strongly by the coach. He conducted an Early Read for her and assured her that, to the best of his abilities, he would do whatever he could to assist, and that Admissions rated her as a very likely admit. He was “shocked” by this outcome, as were we, and when we found out the extent of the travesty, my disappointment for my DD turned to outrage. For Admissions not to see this coming is deplorable. They should have managed the coaches’ expectations months ago, not two days before ED1 decisions were released. By the way–where did the 70 number come from? Was that an estimate of the number of recruited athletes in the ED1 Round?