<p>Swimkidsdad,</p>
<p>Thanks for the info. As we are new to both this forum and the recruiting process, I’m not quite sure what reach, match, and safety schools are. I’m assuming a reach school is one he pretty much has little shot at, match would be a match for his athletic and academic abilities, and safety would be in case the first two categories of schools didn’t pan out.</p>
<p>Like I said previously, those are his dream schools. We define dream schools as D1 schools that are highly ranked both academically and athletically. My son always wanted to play college ball down south, so he prefers the schools from Virginia and south. I’m sure that all can and probably will change, as we have some great schools in our home state. In fact, our prep school is only about 20 mins from an Ivy and is a feeder to that school.</p>
<p>Truthfully, this NCAA eligibility thing scares me the most. All things being equal, I think a coach would pass over a kid if he had to file a waiver for eligibility. Our prep school didn’t give us any real options as far as making up the English class. They won’t let him double-up and I don’t think they offer summer classes. We are on the road all summer anyway. When I mentioned outside online courses to them, they said they would not add that course to his transcript. I’m still researching the online courses to see if it even needs to be added to his official HS transcript.</p>