<p>I still think it was a well spent $60, but I guess it depends on what you consider important. My daughter enjoyed seeing which coaches had viewed her profile, and it opened the door to a few conversations although now that we’re in the thick of it, most of those schools didn’t really make the short list we’re into now.</p>
<p>But she also never used the ‘boilerplate’ forms either, but instead filled in the online recruiting forms and/or sent emails to the coaches. </p>
<p>I don’t think most would assume that berecruited would take the place of direct contact through a coach’s site or by email.</p>
<p>But it WAS fun, and got her motivated for the process.</p>
<p>I’m not sure about berecruited, but I have heard excellent things about Elite Basketball Services if you are a high school basketball players. Their service is owned and operated by former college coaches. Their website is <a href=“http://www.elite-basketball.com%5B/url%5D”>www.elite-basketball.com</a></p>
<p>We have used berecruited.com with my D beginning the end of her sophomore year for two sports. She has gotten lots of profile views by coaches and she leaves up her stats, some videos and pictures, articles written and views colleges through the site.</p>
<p>That said, it’s just a starting point. </p>
<p>You do have to fill out the questionnaires and send letters to coaches. For the kid that hasn’t a clue about the process, this is either a free site or deluxe site, depending on what you want. We spent the $40 (has the price gone up?) when we first registered.</p>
<p>My son has his profile on the berecruited.com website. We have video, sport stats, academics, a blog etc… We have recently added his SAT scores. This was his first SAT test. He is a Junior and is planning on taking it at least once more. His SAT scores were not the best for critical reading and writing, but math was good (510, 540 and 650). His GPA is 4.0. My question is, do you think the critical reading and writing scores might hurt him when coaches are looking at it? We have done a few invites and letters to a select few colleges. Although those colleges (DI and DII) have not viewed his profile yet, he has had a few DIII colleges veiw his profile. Thanks for the input. Oh, and I like the layout that Berecruited.com has compared to some other online recruiting sites.</p>
<p>I think the scores totally depend on standards of the schools you are looking as well as your son’s talent as an athlete. The better the athlete, the lower the scores can be, but those scores are not likely to be high enough for the very selective DIIIS.</p>