<p>Junior D has had what she thought was a promising meeting with D3 coach in her sport. While he has encouraged her to stay in touch with scores, etc. he did not mention anything about an overnight visit later in the process. Is this a sign that he's just not as interested as she might think?</p>
<p>Yes… overnights are offered at NESCAC schools, once a coach gets the nod from Admissions (positive pre-read) based on Junior Transcript, rigor of senior schedule, and standardized test scores. You can take as many NESCAC overnights as you wish…because there are no “official visits” in D-III.</p>
<p>It may vary by sport & recruit/candidate, but in S1’s case for football, overnight visits were offered toward the end of summer prior to Sr. year …at the same time slot offers were extended.</p>
<p>D did overnights for track at Amherst and Williams, both in October. At Amherst, there were swimming and football recruits there at the same time (perhaps others).</p>
<p>The difference is that D3 colleges are not allowed to pay for transportation to/from the campus. It’s still relatively early. I would imagine that the coach will bring up the OV later.</p>
<p>He’s waiting for the all-important test scores…Once we sent those 31 ACTs along, the invitations came rolling in. As mentioned, all on your dollar to get there and back…The visits are in the early Fall. It’s ok to just come to part of the visit-we had to visit Amherst, Williams, and Midd on the same 3 day weekend…Coaches know that there will be competition for the best recruits.</p>
<p>OldbatesieDoc
I think you’re right–he’s waiting for those scores. ACT results come out today. So we shall see how interested he remains. Have a few more “nibbles” from other coaches. Another significant meeting scheduled for this week. So we shall see.<br>
Have enjoyed your wise posts. They are keeping our feet squarely on the ground.</p>
<p>FYI-- you cannot do an overnight until after the first day of your senior year.</p>
<p>Good luck with the ACT results!</p>
<p>S had to take them twice-29 the first time, then a 31 without much extra prep-he is a terrible test taker, I won’t even divulge his SAT1s.
If I had to do it again, I would have insisted on planning on taking SAT2s twice, and maybe paying for a tutor…Turned out OK in the end…
Good Luck!</p>
<p>We might be looking at that tutor : ) Looks like we might have some improving to do on that score. She will have to retake–perhaps in Sept when she has summer to prep. Do you think revealing a low score to a Coach at this point in the process is detrimental?
I can see both sides: If you’re totally out of range, then better to know now than later. On the other hand, why reveal a negative when you have a good chance of improving a score.<br>
BTW, D did not do much prep in advance, this sitting was just to see what her starting point would be.</p>
<p>My opinion - don’t reveal the low score, especially if grades are good. The downside is it will be hard to get a pre-read without it.</p>
<p>I agree not to reveal a score not in striking distance of the school average. The pre-read will be bad, anyway, so might as well wait.</p>
<p>So in our most recent meeting, my D didn’t mention the ACT score even though her resume showed that she had taken it in April. Turns out the Coach guessed the score dead on–I guess he extrapolated from her SAT score which was also on the resume. I guess they do this a lot! Good news is he was still positive even with an expectation of a low ACT score…and gave my D a good lecture on working over the summer to bring that number up.</p>
<p>That should help more than Mother…Good luck!</p>
<p>The best was that the Coach told her not to waste her Parents’ money on tutoring if her head wasn’t in it. Couldn’t have scripted that better my self!</p>
<p>What a great coach! You really can meet some very honest and helpful people in this process…others, not so much…</p>