<p>So my daughter is still sweating out where she is going to go to school and where she is going to swim. Took the hard road of trying to get in to schools on academics alone as couldn't make a decision last fall where she wanted to go. </p>
<p>So far she has gotten in to two very highly ranked schools. Both Div III (School 1 coach has called more than a few times over the past month or so, so suspect she may have gotten a tip there ) He called again last night to make sure she knew she had gotten in and is planning an overnight for her in a few weeks.</p>
<p>School 2 -she emailed the coach right away and said she got in and wanted to swim and has gotten absoultely no response back. When we look at their times she would be number 1 on depth chart in her best stroke. It doesn't make any sense to me at all that he hasn't responded. I even called to ask if we had his current email and we do. It is a school that has been described on this forum as the coach not having much pull with admissions. (actually both schools were described that way) We were aware of that from the start. A year ago he responded she would be a great fit for the team, that is the last we heard from him. We assumed he didn't waste his time recruiting if admissions didn't listen to him anyway. But this is now ridiculous. My husband wants me to call but I am trying to stay out of it. She needs to call but now doesn't want to. Sheesh.</p>
<p>I think she likes school 2 better than school 1 but is now turned off. There is something to be said for being wanted. </p>
<p>Waiting to hear from two more schools at the end of this week. One is a NESCAC school that has been calling recently as well. I think they were fishing around to see her interest level to see if they would use a tip on her. She just is paralysed with indecision which I am afraid will come back to bite her in the butt.</p>
<p>I do get it that they had Nationals coming up. We were out of the country for 10 days, she found out she got in just before we left. Two weeks is a heck of a long time to not respond to someone.</p>
<p>I really can sympathize with your daughter about being turned off by the lack of the coach’s interest. There may be some benign reasons for lack of response, although I agree it’s strange.
There are a couple of questions:
Did your daughter have any contact with the coach before she was admitted?
How much does she prefer college 1 over college 2?
How much does she want to swim? Can you find out whether she would even be allowed to ‘walk-on’? You’d assume so, but there are schools who won’t allow walk-ons, even in timed events. I know (second-hand) about a runner who got no love (or replies) from the coaches for months until she beat the whole team in a preseason race. It worked out for her, but she was going to attend that school in any case.
Do you know whether the coach will be there next year? Any insider information about this coach? Someone you know on the team?
Has she visited the school? Is she planning to visit?
I’d have her send another email, saying that she was admitted; that she wants to swim and that the school is her top choice; if she’s visiting, ask for a meeting with the coach.</p>
<p>Ok, well I guess I jumped the gun a bit, lol. she just got an email from the assistant coach: of course she can swim, we were at NCAA’s, when can I call and talk to her, etc, etc. So all is well. </p>
<p>beenthere2: I was wondering if the coach was leaving or something as well, that may well be the case. We will find out more very soon I am sure. We know of some swimmers on the team but do not know any of them personally. One girl who is a few years older and from her club team went there and didn’t like it so transfered. She transfered to a school D went on a recruiting trip to last fall. That school is still in the mix as well. </p>
<p>I will be glad when the decision is made. This is really stressful for the entire family. Oh my gosh.</p>
<p>OK, that means that the decision might be even harder now
But don’t worry, in the end, things will work out. Will your daughter have a chance to visit the colleges before making a decision?</p>
<p>You never know what is happening. My son was a recruited athlete, and one coach left at the end of the season, and one school dumped his program. None of this info was shared with us until it was a done deal.</p>
<p>Also, the coach might already have his line up and until he knows for sure that she is coming, isn’t going to mess with it. Doesn’t feel like doing any courting. There are politics to everything, it seems. My son was being recruited by an assistant coach on a team and when we went to an event, the other assistant coach could not care less about us. He was focused on his recruits.</p>
<p>Quote “Also, the coach might already have his line up and until he knows for sure that she is coming, isn’t going to mess with it. Doesn’t feel like doing any courting.”</p>
<p>Cptinthehouse: That makes total sense as well. The problem is she won’t choose that school if she can’t swim. They needed to do some courting, lol.</p>
