When do Ivy and D3 coaches usually make offers and ask for commitments?

politeperson
Thu, 24 Jun 2021 19:30:21 +0000

@Im_Not_Sure I think the confusion here is over language and timing. Those of us coming from the athletic recruiting side of things generally use “offer” to refer to a coach offering a spot on the team and to support a recruit’s application through the admissions process. (Not an offer of admission). Some coaches don’t make those offers until after the pre-read and even later. There are some sports, those that tend to be earlier recruiting, in which coaches will extend those offers earlier. It sounds like you’re in a sport where the timeline is closer to the former, and if so you’re in good shape and everything is going along as it should. I’d really rely on your discussions with the coach to get a sense of that. We all share our experiences with different schools, sports, and coaches but every coach, sport, and year are a little different.

I disagree with the statement made above that a coach committing to support a recruit means nothing. For most recruits it’s the whole ball game and leads to a slam dunk admission. Sure, the coach isn’t deciding admission. But that’s not really the issue. With coach support, admission odds go from <10% to >99%. So what the coach commits to is meaningful even if it isn’t an offer of admission.