<p>My son is a multi-sport athlete. when applying to BS, what are your suggestions regarding contacting coaches, etc? It seems like coaches can provide some extra pull with the admissions committee based on reading through this forum. Thanks!</p>
<p>Go to the site and fill out the perspective athlete questionnaire. Some of the coaches will e-mail you personally back immediately and some won’t. You can find their e-mail easily from the website, get in contact with them. They will then want you to send in some game tape for them to look at. After that (or before), they like to get in contact with the current school and/or club coach.</p>
<p>You will most likely meet with them during your interviews and have a chat. Sooner or later you will know if you’re on the coaches recommendation list or something like that. Sometimes it will really help sometimes it won’t. From my personal experience it looks like some coaches have bigger pull than other coaches (more prominent sports/lessprominent sports, coach that’s been around awhile/new coach…etc.)</p>
<p>If your son is seen as someone who is ready to step on to a varsity team and be an impact player, then it can definitely help with admissions. Fill out the prospective athlete questionaire as advised, but also get the game schedules and go to some of the games if possible. Have your son introduce himself to the coaches and let them know he plans to apply and that he plays that particular sport. It makes a big difference if they actually know you and you are not just a piece of paper.</p>
<p>Contact the coach via e-mail, mail a package with tape (if possible), athletic resume, awards, articles, etc. Peruse the roster to determine if your position/talent will be a recruited need the year you are applying. </p>
<p>Communicate further with the coach and admissions office (they generally work hand in hand with admissions being the final decision maker) regarding the BS and particular sport being your top choice. Let admissions know your desire to attend the school, and what you will bring as a SCHOLAR first, and then to the athletic community as well.</p>
<p>Have your present coach confer with the BS coach via telephone conversations to attest to your skill, character, teamwork, etc. as well as your academic ability to balance both sports and athletics.</p>
<p>If you are on the coach’s recruiting list, are a solid student with good character, it will definately assist positively in the admissions process (just like it will in the college admissions process). Good luck and go for it.</p>
<p>About how many people would be on the recruiting list for one sport(girls basketball)?</p>
<p>Depends on what the coaches need and how many spots are open. For my sport (boys basketball), at one school the coach told me there were 10 on the list. He only needed about three for next years varsity, but realistically he didn’t expect them all to get in. So it depends really.</p>