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My son was contacted by over 75 D1 and D3 schools with a smattering of D2.
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<p>Holy hell, I was fed up after like 5 schools and just stopped answering calls, but I never got phone calls/actual contact with 75 different schools.</p>
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There's lots of gossip about committing early -- it's only verbal and it doesn't really count. In fact none of it counts until admissions gives a yes after receiving transcripts and scores. Coaches can get an early read from admissions, so it's possible to do your unofficial visit in July and make a verbal commitment, get a positive response from admissions in August (so now you can tell people you are committed to BigU and it's only August) do an official visit in September, apply ED, get your likely letter, and the official ED acceptance in December. </p>
<p>However, although S has his likely letter ... I am not posting on the Big Master List of College Acceptances until he has his definite letter!
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<p>That happened to me - verbally committed with a school, was told I was in by the coaches, then got waitlisted by admissions. I guess it happens more often than I thought, but I felt like I was the only person in the world to be rejected by a school he verbally committed to.</p>