<p>Tsp- The timing of OV offers can vary so much in the Ivies. Often, August can be a slow time, so I would not panic if 2 weeks has gone by without contact. The coach may be taking a last chance vacation, or just reviewing his many recruits. </p>
<p>We had some (Ivy) OVs offered in early September. The fact that the coach submitted the early read to admissions is a good sign. Pauses can mean the coaches are busy with other recruits. You can comfort yourself by remembering their top recruits will have multiple offers, and they can only commit to one college.</p>
<p>In the meantime, your S can email the coach with an update, or question, and test the waters. </p>
<p>If your S is in a measurable, timed sport, you can busy yourself with reading the roster profiles of current athletes for comparisons. If the numbers and performances are competitve, and his event/position needs people, expect to hear from the coach again soon. Good luck.</p>
<p>S left a message with the coach, and when there was no response he decided, for now, to be patient. When he last spoke with the coach, the coach asked him to please call and let him know if he received an offer from another school. We understand this means that the coach would make a relatively quick decision, but earlier decisions S made are unknown to the coach: S did not keep contact with other D1 schools that did not have the academics he is interested in. S, for example, was very straightforward with some coaches and let them know the school was not the right academic fit for him. </p>
<p>The problem, of course, is that S is trying for schools that are as hard to get into athletically as they are academically. S was all district, all region, and 2nd team all state in his junior year (coming from a weak hs team). Club team is realistically in the top thirty to thirty-five nationally. We are in the midwest, however, so it is much harder for coaches to evaluate players on a regular basis. Great schools in the NE regularly are able to see players, and California and Texas function much the same - on a regional basis. That left S with summer college ID camps to work around club commitments. Tough stuff. Not an olympic level athlete but will likely make all state first team this year. Could have focused more on his sport but it would have costs him academic development. I’m sure there are many in his shoes. </p>
<p>Getting back to the coach’s comment about other offers, S has been received an OV to an exceptionally strong academic D3 that is not as strong in the sport. Should we let the D1 coach know he is being strongly pursued by this D3 school or will this not matter to them?
S is liking the D3 school although they are not as strong in the research area he is interested in. The D1 school is.</p>