Hi! Your collective help would be much appreciated. 6 D1/ Ivy schools extended offers for OVs to DS. He was over the moon. He sent emails accepting 4, and respectfully/ sadly declined two. Of those 4 – one confirmed, one said great, you need to pay airfare and we’ll cover everything else, and two have gone silent for the past week, w no confirmation etc. any thoughts? Slight panic at our house…
Can your son call the coaches? We found that this method definitely got the best results. Are you sure it isn’t a dead period for recruiting in his sport?
Coaches can still write or call athletes during dead period (which is in early Nov). As jumpermom suggested, I would call the coach. Good luck! Sounds like your son is almost there!
Certainly have your son call. Some coaches take early August off for vacay especially if they run any summer camps for their universities. Also depending on the sport there may have been turn over with the recruiting coach. This happened with my son and an Ivy assistant coach. No word that he was leaving…kinda unprofessional but luckily my son landed elsewhere. Be persistent! This isn’t the time to be shy…
Good luck!
OVs are often set up by a department secretary or coordinator. He/she may be on vacation, or may have 15 coaches who all turned in the OV names on the same day. Call the coach and ask if there is someone you need to talk to about the arrangements.
Not sure what schools you’re in touch with, but Junior Olympics just finished on Sunday. Many college coaches attended and if you’re looking Ivy, those coaches may still be in CA finishing up their trips. Calling is always a good option, but my guess is that it’s simply been a really busy 2 weeks for most WP coaches.
Just to give a small update – all was well. We just had to hang on while the coaches worked with the other kids to get their visits set up as well. The OVs were spectacular, now just waiting to see what happens next w/ soft support, etc. DS of course loved the schools where he was offered soft support much more than the schools where they were willing to give him a full spot.