<p>I posted for the first time a couple of weeks ago with legitimate questions about lightweight crew. Got a few informative public responses and pm'd with a couple of great, helpful folk. But I responded to a regular's invitation to pm and approached a 4th regular for additional advice. No response from either. Why is that? Feels like I've trespassed in the small private club of parents (yes, we're clearly all parents) of kids who've already achieved their ends... So helpful. So done with CC.</p>
<p>ahh, people are working, tired of cc, busy, who knows…don’t take it personally</p>
<p>Keep in mind no one on this website is paid to help you with your questions. The vast majority are parents who have gone through the process (sometimes multiple times), who all lead busy lives. Seems you caught them at a wrong time.</p>
<p>Or they may have problems with the site. I still don’t know what I’m doing with pm, email, quick reply, etc.</p>
<p>I also think that while the information here is very useful, at a certain point, each situation is different, and it’s best to get the answers directly from the coach or perhaps people who are very familiar with a specific program. Even then, there are so many variables (athletic skill level, grades, test scores, school attended, etc.), and somebody’s experience may have been very different from your case.</p>
<p>Sometimes (often) I browse cc without logging which one has to do to observe that one has a pm. I’m sure I’m not the only one who does this.</p>
<p>OP, if you showed the same diplomacy in your PMs as you show here it is no surprise that people are blowing you off.</p>
<p>CC is about giving and taking, and you seem all bent out of shape because the givers haven’t given you enough and not on your schedule.</p>
<p>I get a lot of specialized PM requests. Some get immediate responses, sometimes it takes longer, and sometimes I’ll get a friendly or pleading reminder for a followup, to which I try to respond graciously.</p>
<p>But for you to throw a tantrum, stomp your feet, and pull an “I’m done” number makes absolutely no sense to me. OK, you’re done. Done with what? Asking for advice? Taking rather than giving?</p>
<p>Okay, I guess you’ve shown us. You’re going to take your needs and go home.</p>
<p>touche, sherpa :)</p>
<p>^ I like your choice of word. That made my day. Thanks.</p>
<p>Are you sure the regular was actually a crew parent? Sometimes people get confused about which poster is which and think you’re a baseball parent when you’re really a track parent, etc. But this is a pretty helpful forum group. If no one is answering you, it’s probably because they don’t have anything worth saying.</p>
<p>I agree with GFG. There are not a lot of crew parent who can give you the clear answer. Maybe your situation is too specific, they don’t know what to give you the advice.</p>
<p>All of the senior members in this CC was extremely helpful and I feel really lucky to find this forum and get to know these people. (by the way, Happy new Year!!!) Sometimes you can search old postings throughout the forum, you can find your answer much easily and faster. you can search by keywords in the main page of cc or browse page by page in this athletic forum and read all postings. It was really helpful for me.</p>
<p>But please keep in your mind, Everybody’s situations are different and only person that can give you the clear answer is admission or your coach.</p>
<p>And Don’t feel so left out and be active here. Maybe you can share your experience here and help others once you’re done this process.</p>