With a 1440 SAT you won’t be outclassed academically at any “top” LAC or university. I mean, really, people, these schools are not that hard (and I speak from personal experience).
@dropbox77177 ditto!
That athlete may have committed to Penn, but Penn has not and cannot make a reciprocal commitment to the athlete as a junior. Likely letters aren’t issued until the junior year is complete and often not until October of the HS senior year.
Thanks to @rickle1 for having kind words to say to this applicant. He’s a kid celebrating his success and marveling at his good luck. No need to attack him.
I certainly did not interpret his “feels good” as saying he was glad his valedictorian might not be accepted. I read it as his feeling great that he himself was being accepted, in a crazy admissions climate where even valedictorians can be rejected and end up at their safeties.
Everyone should think how it would feel to be a kid celebrating good news. Let’s just celebrate with him!
Congratulations, @jackhenry1 !
A small college that needs a lot of walk-on athletes to fill its teams may choose to have (for applicants who are not specifically recruited athletes) some admissions preference for athletic ECs over other ECs in order to increase the chance of having enough potential walk-on athletes.
Thank you Rickel1 and GreyKing (and you are right, I wasn’t trying to dump on our valedictorian). I was offered a slot after first visit, and I expect same from second. Just submit a strong application and don’t screw up senior year grades I was told. Large majority of kids ranked above me in school are talking ivy this ivy that and I just shut my mouth. Most won’t get in, just based on historical results at my school. My dad and I were laughing on ride home from OV about how different our expectations were a year ago - didn’t know the incredible lift sports can provide. Although most kids - and teachers - have never heard of two schools I’m deciding between, which I’m fine with - I absolutely loved the school
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That’s what matters the most OP. Good luck with your second OV.
And the kid who I stayed with said since so many kids are athletes at the school, everyone is pretty chill about the teams - no one really cares or complains that they don’t belong. Team GPA is something like 3.7 so no real problem handling workload. Kid told me the hardest part about top LACs is getting in, which isn’t really a big revelation
One step at a time.
“I was offered a slot after first visit…”
“A verbal commitment happens when a college-bound student-athlete verbally agrees to play sports for a college before he or she signs or is eligible to sign a National Letter of Intent. The commitment is not binding on the student-athlete or the school and can be made at any time.”
“When a student-athlete officially commits to attend a Division I or II college, he or she signs a National Letter of Intent, agreeing to attend that school for one academic year.”
This info only applies to most DI and DII schools…OP has been offered a slot from a DIII coach/school where there are no NLIs. It is true that the coach’s offer of a slot isn’t a 100% guarantee of admission, but sounds like the communication was if the student submits a strong ED app and keeps his grades up, he will be accepted. That is generally how it works at many of the selective DIII schools, but the wait for the ED decision can seem long!
Re: post 28:
This student is applying to a Division 3 school. There are no letters of intent in division 3. He has been told he has a “slot,” which I understand is better than a “tip.” From what I understand (as someone who has never participated in nor witnessed any athletic recruitment process, but reads CC a lot!), a slot is the best you get in div 3. Maybe an athlete or parent of an athlete here can explain.
In Div 3, the power ultimately lies with the admissions office. Nothing is definite until the ED results, but if the admissions office pre-read went well and the coach is giving slot support, admission should happen for the kid barring something unforeseen in his application.
Dad asked coach how many kids with similar support have ever been rejected. Coach said one kid who imploded senior year. But coach did say seems like more scrutiny from admissions this year after the crazy full house mom fiasco.
Thanks for that clarification in 29 and 30.
Why have the students at your top ranked hs, who are talking ‘ivy this and ivy that’ not heard of the top LACs you are considering?
Good luck to you.
@oldchief78 re: post 22– “commit” can mean different things depending on the sport but generally what’s being communicated by the recruit is that the coach has agreed to support her application (if any Ivy) or made some other sort of offer and the recruit is now done looking. I think it’s usually pretty widely understood within each sport what is meant. For the most part these announcements are made in order to signal to other coaches to stop calling, texting, snap chatting, etc. and for friends to stop asking and for other parents to stop asking about scholarships. Sure, there’s still an application process and yes, if the coach moves on the recruit might (or might not) need to scramble. But in any case, I don’t think anyone is reading those commitments as admission announcements.
OP, congrats! It’s great that you recognize the opportunity you have. Well done.
I don’t see a purpose or question in this post.
I suspect the kid is thrilled, as mine would be in his position, and wants an anonymous place to “vent”/talk about it because he can’t in real life (yet).
Congratulations OP!
I don’t disagree at all with your post. But context here is important. The post I quoted responded to a previous post in which a high school senior had been “offered” a spot on an Ivy roster. The post I quoted responded by saying even juniors are committing to the Ivies at her school. To avoid an inference that a “junior commitment” equals an offer to a senior of an Ivy roster spot, I believe it important to explain the likely letter process for those who don’t have your knowledge of the recruiting process.
Never said I went to a top ranked HS - in fact, it’s pretty mediocre imo. Just lots of delusional kids tossing around ivy intentions to try to impress -
I honestly didn’t see anything wrong with the OP attitude or this thread. I “get” where he’s coming from so congratulations to you.
First make sure they are looking at you for playing time. Will that be guaranteed? I get competition but will they play you your first year? My friends son was being recruited for baseball by several D3 schools. He’s premed. Baseball was just something he loves doing since he could walk. His decision factor after getting acceptances, visiting schools etc was playing time. He decided between two schools that he liked the same. I asked the dad (good friend of mine) about the financial packages being offered. With my suggestion he sent one’s school financial offer to the other and informed the coaches and staff they needed more money to consider the school. (they did). Ended up getting $6,000 more and that sealed the deal with a starting playing position if he didn’t get hurt. He worked out for both teams and went to some summer league thing that the coaches scout at. Just a FYI