<p>Hi everyone I have a question about recruiting. Our D is only Jr and has been recruited by 7 D1 schools for soccer. We have made some unofficial visits to 3 of the schools and she has gotten better with each sit down with the coaches. Yesterday we visited her top school(Private University$$$$) she wants to attend, did a guided tour and then met with the coach.The coach told my D that for 2011 she is recruiting 5 players and that my D is definitly one of the 5(the coach also mentioned that 2 of the 5 have orally committed to her) and then went on to discuss with her the formations that they use and how she invisions how she will use our D in the formations based on her skills.Our D has previously attended the camp at the school(daughter really likes the girls on team also she has stayed in contact with them) the coach has watched her play at showcase tournaments.We are familiar with the school.Here is our question is this legit?, at the other schools D was told she is a recruit but not to the extent that this coach expressed also D wanted to email today and say that she wants to make a commitment to the school We think she should wait until we get a monetary offer. The program is only funded for 6.5 scholarships</p>
<p>Coach told her academically D has no problem with admissions and that she qualifies for at least 15k for academics and 50 more points on SAT gets her more money and Honors College Thanks for all your help joekel</p>
<p>wait, because it’s way to early to commit. ask the coach how long D has before the 5th slot may be filled? D sounds like a top recruit which means the slot for her will always be open if she wants it! congrats! btw, if the school you’re referring to is in the top 5 or 10 women’s D1 soccer programs than I’d say your daughter is one of the top recruits in the country! therefore this offer will remain open and other offers are coming.</p>
<p>believe (others on here will defer with me on this subject), if the coach says she wants her and there’s a recruiting slot waiting for her, it’s true! and don’t be shy, ask about money both merit and athletic scholarship. don’t be like me standing dumbfounded and starring at the phone when one of the top NCAA coaches in the country was offering money for my D…I still can’t get over it! Everyone else I know would pay extra to get their kid in to one of these schools, and they are paying me (her) to go (partially).</p>
<p>enjoy the ride and congratulations on raising an athlete and fantastic young lady!</p>
<p>btw: my D committed in September of her senior year but had offers starting now like your D has.</p>
<p>Agree, wait, if she is that talented athletically, that smart, there will be a spot for her. They have everything to gain if she commits. Just tell them she is VERY interested, but not ready.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice D emailed the coach thanking her for the tour and the face to face and told the coach that she is very interested in school Thanks again joekel</p>
<p>^^Careful, though. Many sports do fill up their spots early like this. In my daughter’s sport it is not uncommon for most kids to commit during the spring of their junior year. If you wait, you are out of luck. </p>
<p>pacheight…don’t think it’s one of the top 10 programs in the country. If it were, they would have a full funding allotment, not just 6.5.</p>
<p>Both the Harvard recruited athletes in our town-Swimming and LAX-committed in the fall. They were top players and exceptional students.Spring commits have (in our small town) been more common with the less “academically able” at D1 less selective schools.</p>
<p>Agree with keylyme that you may want to stay close to this one for a few reasons: </p>
<p>1) it is your daughters top school choice at this time
2) 6.5 funded scholarships was a red flag for me
3) I’d want to know what are the plans to have it fully funded and when
4) there is a recrutiing pecking order, and you want to make sure you either move up or maintain position in that order
5) juniors will begin verbally committing to D1s now, and you want to make sure you have visability to that</p>
<p>You’ll want to look at this site if you haven’t already: <a href=“https://sites.google.com/site/soccerrecruits/[/url]”>https://sites.google.com/site/soccerrecruits/</a> You can see that many juniors are beginning to commit, but if you have the patience to go through the archives you can also see that some who commit early end up switching schools during senior year. You can also see trends as far as which schools begin getting commitments and which are willing to wait a bit (my sense is that many Ivies are willing to wait - or maybe they have to, I’m not sure what the conference rules are on that). </p>
<p>I think there’s a huge push to commit early, but it’s not always ideal. If this is the dream school, your D loves the coach and program, and the money doesn’t make or break the decision, then I wouldn’t hesitate to commit. But taking your time can work out for the best in many cases. I know many top players who waited til fall of senior year to commit to top D1 uni’s. Above all, don’t hesitate to be very direct with the coach; if you’re waiting for the $$, it seems okay to make that clear. That might get the coach to sweeten the pot for your family if s/he really wants the player.</p>
<p>here is my two cents…remember the D1 recruiting time table is very, very different from D3 & ivy recruting schedule. It is not that the Ivy recruit or school want to wait - they HAVE to wait for Admissions. The Ivy route is a bit of a gamble in some ways. I’ve ofter referred to it as a poker game on this site. In my son’s sport (baseball) we did not see very many kids changing their D1 verbal committments. it is highly frowned upon. my son’s travel baseball club has 25 players go on to play in college. almost all of those went D1 and most verbally committed junior year and summer between junior/senior year. we had some kids committ verbally in their sophomore years. </p>
<p>Based upon what I described above this is not unusual for a D1 school to want your daughter at this time. It is somewhat normal. if your daughter really wants to go there, you can afford it, and she is wanted there - you have a good situation going on. I would get your (or her) objections or reservations addressed immediatley and keep in front of the coach. The one that comes to mind for me is the 6.5 scholarship funding situation. If you defer the coach too long, he/she will move on down their recruiting list. If and when you are comfortable with everything have your daughter “pull the trigger”.</p>
<p>EMM1 has previously stated (in other threads) to wait as long as you can before committing. I agree with that unless it it your number #1 choice for athletics & academics, your daughter likes the coach, and the school. If your daughter has done her due diligence (visited and researched a bunch of schools) then I can see no reason to further delay. In other words, if your daughter is not going to committ to this situation …what is missing?</p>
<p>Please PM me if you want to discuss specifics. Good luck!</p>
<p>The other factor I’d think about is your daughter’s fickleness factor: does she tend to stick with decisions, opinions, friends, etc? Kids this age sometimes know themselves and their likes and dislikes very well, don’t second guess themselves, and don’t really care what the other kids are doing/choosing for college. Many of her friends may not be thinking about colleges quite yet, but will be very soon. Will your daughter regret having already made a choice when her friends start talking about schools she hasn’t heard of or visited but that suddenly sound interesting? I’ve got two girls, and one is on one end of the spectrum and the other is on the other end… The changeable one needed to wait longer to choose.</p>
<p>Yes, I agree that it’s perfectly normal to commit in spring of junior year for women’s soccer. The website I posted is a real eye-opener because you can track this on a daily basis, and the floodgates are open now for current juniors. But for the OP’s benefit, I mentioned girls I’ve know who waited until fall of senior year to commit and had plenty of options at great D1 soccer schools like Cal, Stanford, Ivies, Colgate, and the like. (of course it helps to be a real superstar ) And I’ve certainly heard of plenty of girls who commit early and then change their minds.</p>
) And I’ve certainly heard of plenty of girls who commit early and then change their minds.</p>