<p>I'm a Junior and looking to play sports in college. When you contact coaches you also need to fill out a survey. I'm very late in the process and would like to start this weekend. However I scored low on my last ACT. I will take another one Feb 9 but probably won't get the results until March. Therefore to keep my question general: Should I still contact coaches now (early), even though then might immediately dicount me for my ACT score, or what until I get the new score (which I've studied and prepared and expect a huge increase) until I start contacting coaches.</p>
<p>Sorry for being so general but I think this is a good broad question.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice (btw are there actually any college coaches on this site?)</p>
<p>Are you outside the range of ACT scores for students usually admitted to the schools you’re interested in? College Board’s Big Future has an easy-to-use search for each college’s data on mid 50% admitted. You’re right to be cautious. It would be a fine to send a short email rather than the athlete Q, and state your athletic stats and the academic stats you’re proud of (GPA ?) If you can visit any schools this spring/spring break, now is a good time to set up some unofficial visits, and you should be sending introductory emails asking for a meeting on campus, if that’s in the plans. Sidestep the ACT question as long as you can :)</p>
<p>1.You have to be in the ballpark academically for the school and good enough at the sport to align with their team’s strength.
2. the coach needs to see you play - send a highlights video or get in front of them by going to recruiting tournaments or camps at the school (or both). If they LOVE you, you can be in the lower ballpark for the school.
3. You can be honest with coaches about your re-take - and if they like your play, they will tell you what you need to get for them to support you in admissions.</p>
<p>For the schools she was interested in, my D would send the coach an email and fill out the questionnaire - in the email, she gave a brief summery of herself (how long playing, for whom and some award info and stats) and then list the upcoming recruiting tourneys she would attend, what team, jersey number and if you know it, the game schedule. She also had a highlights video (less than 10 min) uploaded to YouTube and she would include that link in the email.</p>
<p>D was going for DIII schools and it worked beautifully (she also got a lot of attention at those tourneys from coaches she hadn’t previously emailed).</p>
<p>Starting early is good - you are not too early. My D started summer before Junior year with contacting via email to tell of the tourney she was playing in during the fall of junior year. Even the DIII coaches start building their favorites lists this soon.</p>
<p>Good luck!!!</p>
<p>Yes, you need to contact coaches now. You are a junior. A lot depends on the type of school you are interested in (recruiting timetables vary between D1 and D3 for example) and your athletic talent. </p>
<p>You still have some time and I would sidestep the ACT question (as riverrunner suggests) as best and as long as you can until you get the necessary scores. However, you run the risk of the coach moving on without you depending on their recruiting timetable for your sport. To offset that risk, you need to contact many coaches for the schools you are interested in. In recruiting parlance that is called casting a wide net. </p>
<p>General questions get answered with general replies. It would be most helpful if you can share the sport and either the division or conferences that you are interested in. This gives the board a better opportunity to help you. Good luck.</p>
<p>Well my dream would be to play lacrosse for Cornell. My talent, GPA, ECs and rigor all fit but unfortuantly I scored a 27 on my ACT because I was sick and also had a football game that day. Excuses, but I’m retaking and based off the practices I’m scoring about a 31-32. My current score is pretty much outside the standard deviation and I wouldn’t be able to get the new one until March. I have other colleges I’m starting to talk to but I’m outside on Cornell. Lacrosse recruiting starts even earlier than most sports too. I’m hoping this would help get better advice.</p>
<p>egelloc80,</p>
<p>I’ve sent you a PM specific to the school you are interested in. I’ll let others who are more qualified discuss lacrosse recruiting. </p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>Thanks, I got it and responded.</p>
<p>Sent my cover letters today 
we will see who responds first ;)</p>