<p>if you meet a coach or teacher, and watch a practice or game then send them a email thanking them
they send you back:
great meeting you! good luck on your applications!</p>
<p>is that very non committal?? or is it what they might say to everyone?</p>
<p>I think is what they might say to everyone because you just don’t know how many people send that coach or teacher an email to thank him/her.</p>
<p>In any event, at this point in time and earlier, I wouldn’t think they would know anything at all about your application’s chances.</p>
<p>you should approach this very much like college recruiting send them an email with your sports resume. What you or your team has done. What is you or your team ranked in the country, region, state (if they have rankings). did you play varsity ? did you start ? you should also mention any personal honors like select teams, all league, region, county, state, MVP, best defensive player ETC. also having your coach write them an email would be helpful. also if you have seen the team play, comment on their play and what you liked and say that they have wonderful facilities or something of the sort compliment them. make them feel that you have put in some research to the process. </p>
<p>obviously if you do not play sports outside of school then there is no point in writing this because quite frankly if you cant challenge for a varsity spot freshman or sophomore then they don’t want you. if a coach writes you back “great meeting you! good luck on your applications!” then either you are not good enough to give you the edge in admissions also they really dont need you or you simply arent good enough, sorry harsh but true.</p>
<p>an example of one:</p>
<p>Mr. ********,</p>
<p>It great to hear from you, I play both on the awesome state ODP team and the ODP national pool as well as playing with my club team at a very high and competitive level we are currently ranked 11th in region * and in the top 50 nationally I start on the team and play attacking and holding mid field and I can play on the out on the left flank if necessary. I am also the only random grade on the team. I would like to know about the possibility of continuing to play club ball while at **<strong><em>. I know that </em></strong> has a relationship with ******* a very prestigous club with an **** academy francise that is why I would be so interested in your school and your program. I have poked aorund the website I really enjoyed my tour and felt really comfortable around campus. Also I was extremely impressed with your facilities. I feel that ***<strong><em>is what I am looking in a school academically and with its great blank sport pedigree. I can excel at both blank sport and academics at </em></strong> and finish out my final two years of high school with what I want.
All the best,</p>
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<p>if you just talked to the coach and did not discuss your background then that should be the standard response. “great meeting you! good luck on your applications!” but if you did not talk about your background send an email like the one above. then you should send it but only if you feel that you are such a good athlete that it will affect your admission process.</p>
<p>sorry for the long answer is just that i have caught many coaches’ attentions with emails like these. And because of it i will being going to a tier 1 school that i should not have been able get a spot at if solely based on academics.</p>
<p>and for those of you who skeptical look at the africans on the hotchkiss soccer team they would not pass 6th grade in american middle school without the help of the hotchkiss faculty. personally i think it is great what the school has done for them. But look what schools want in a student goes</p>
<p>1) good grades/ good ssat scores
2) athlete that can contribute to varsity sport
3) community service
4) arts Obviously unless you have played at carnegie hall when you were 12 </p>
<p>of course there are exceptions and extreme cases to all of these which will offset each other but it is better to be good at sports then be good at arts. why do you think squash has become so popular?</p>
<p>sorry my rant of recruiting in boarding school sports and admission process is over</p>
<p>i did say an email like that,
and based on the sport… i would make varsity so i dont understand</p>
<p>i dont know what to tell you i mean it should work cause coaches were scrambling to get me i maybe logged 5 hours on phone and in person with one coach also wrote about 20 emails to him maybe their team is dank and they dont need another kid who plays the position that you play i dont know but the school that i am going to next year is tracking every good soccer player in new england so thats why i am going there also i dont need financial aid.</p>
<p>pm if you have any questions i feel so weird that i am beating out kids with better grades then me just cause i can play soccer well</p>
<p>Schools aren’t looking to build a class filled with just kids who have high grades. Those are a dime a dozen. They are looking to build a unique and diverse class of students who obviously value academics but have other things to bring to the table as well. Being a top athlete definitely adds value to your application.</p>
<p>yes i know i am also going into junior the school has two spots and one is going to me and they said another is going to another athlete and they said that they had 200 kids for two spots and they a already gone in january it just makes me feel bittersweet because all these kids have worked so hard and will get in but at the same i get b-s so it feels good to know that grades are the only thing that counts</p>
<p>yeah I’m getting (or I think I am) getting recruited for football to the school i am applying too. I sent them an email, and they all emailed me back or called me talking about their programs, and how they think I could be impactful at their school. Don’t be afraid to call them. (Although it helps if they call first) I sent them my tape last week so I guess I’ll get results in this weekish. </p>
<p>nervous much</p>
<p>they have to call you otherwise if you call you seem clingy
email is most important thing again with resume. the coach at the school that im being recruited fro hasnt even seen me play but just from resume and recommendations i am going there</p>
<p>i sent in an email, nd the coaches seem really interested so idk. They all called and pratically said, “You look like a solid player for our school, and impactful. We need big linmen like you who are gonna be here for a while. You will definately be on my list. Lets talk more after I see your tape.”</p>
<p>is this a good sign?</p>