Fencing future?

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<p>Welcome to CC, sysdawg. Your son seems like a great applicant. 790 Math Level 2 as a sophomore jumps out. With his academic/fencing profile he should have good options.</p>

<p>You seem to have a very good understanding of the situation. As you know, next year will be big. Junior year grades; test scores; a lot of cadet, junior, and D1 events; and the uncontrollable variables: the different teams’ epee needs and the academic profiles of other top epee recruits.</p>

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There’s no limit to the number of coaches a student may contact. There is a limit, though, to the number of “official visits” a student may accept. OVs are when the prospect travels to the college at the college’s expense for an recruiting visit of up to 48 hours. IMO, OVs aren’t a big deal in fencing. Some schools don’t offer them and most visits are done more informally anyway.</p>

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<p>To the best of my knowledge at the colleges you’ve mentioned:</p>

<p>H - yes
Y - reluctant to use the limited influence he has
P - yes
S - yes, but a little less than H and P
JHU - I believe so, but my info is dated
Columbia - yes
UPenn - yes
Brown - yes
Duke - yes
Vassar - I believe so, but I’m not sure
Haverford - yes, at least as of a couple years ago
UNC - I don’t know.</p>

<p>Your son is well positioned. Good luck.</p>

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<p>“You seem to have a very good understanding of the situation.”</p>

<p>Well, that would be from reading your posts and others on CC! Thank you for the info, in the post immediately above, and your many others.</p>

<p>P.S. I can’t figure out how to make real quotes (in the colored box)…in quick reply there is a checkbox to quote but I can’t click it for some reason.</p>

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<p>Schoolhouse,</p>

<p>Thank you for the PM.</p>

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Here’s how to do it:</p>

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<p>Except I put in an extra space at the end of the second “quote”. Now I’ll copy the line above and delete the extra space.</p>

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<p>Thanks Sherpa.</p>

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<p>I hope all of you are enjoying beautiful Columbus for summer nationals, July 1st was a crazy day for coaches having seen Northwestern locked up with a for sure HYPC potential for two hours, then Duke for another hour and UPenn just said hey you’re in(parent alum). So I hope some of you had time to make the arrangements. I can say this that WSU/UDM/CSU TU and SHU coaches were also in full court press mode too!</p>

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<p>Hi Schoolhouse hope you are having fun at nationals. We just finished a 3 day camp and off to another three days in the sun tomorrow and over the weekend (for another one of the kids).</p>

<p>Just wanted to say that I have been trying to reply to your PMs but think I might not be able to. No matter what I send it comes up that I have sent nothing. Maybe I just haven’t posted enough yet to have PM privileges. Anyway thank you for your messages!</p>

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<p>Fencing recruiting starts here…</p>

<p>pass it along when you talk recruiting on other fencing sites.</p>

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<p>Can anyone share any stories of their experience with the Duke coach? </p>

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<p>Alex and Elizabeth are very nice and the team feels like a family. Like many coaches, they don’t actively seek recruits, but if you contact them and you’re academically qualified and a good fencer they’ll support you through admissions.</p>

<p>What else would you like to know?</p>