The coach told me that I would not be receiving a likely letter but I would be supported.He also asked for my transcripts,ACT score reports , Sat Subject Score reports.Is it a good sign if a coach ask for the transcripts & score reports to be sent to him?
We need more information, lolsji. Is this an Ivy coach? In that case, without a LL, you would be competing against a very strong pool of applicants with little more than an additional letter of recommendation.
If it’s not Ivy, then it’s likely that the school does not issue likely letters for athletes – very few do outside of the Ivies. In that case, the request for transcripts and scores is good news.
Yes it is an ivy coach
Within certain parameters the coaches get Likely Letters for their main recruits. It is the highest level of support from admissions that a coach can get for an applicant and it makes a huge difference. The support you are being offered is better than no support, but you have to ask yourself how you really stack up with the non athletic admitted students at the Ivy school you’re considering. As a parent whose child was widely recruited and just finished 4 years of Ivy varsity sport, I would consider the non LL support you’re speaking of to be minimal.