<p>Hello! I know I am late starting this process, but I would like to compete in my sport (XC) at the college level. Is it entirely too late to start sending out my resumes and doing the questionaries and send everything out tomorrow? I am fairly competitive at these schools. I know people have been emailing coaches for months, and that I am a little late! Thanks so much!</p>
<p>You are very late, Likely Letters are already being sent as of October 1st. When you say you are fairly competitive, are you speaking athletically or academically? I think you would need to be more than fairly competitive in both to garner much attention at this point, but it is worth a shot. Good luck to you!</p>
<p>You can always apply and if you get in try out as a walk on, especially since there is no athletic aid involved. I agree, it’s too late for Ivy recruiting, especially since they will need to do a pre-read to see if you are a candidate for admissions. It doesn’t hurt to try but I wouldn’t count on much response.</p>
<p>Yeah, it’s pretty late - unless you’re a “holy smokes, stop the presses! - how did this fall into my lap??!!” type recruit</p>
<p>That “ship” has sailed for Ivy recruited athlete unless someone lost their “boarding pass”. You may want to find another “ship” or meet the ship at it’s first port of call (walk-on) as SteveMA suggests. Good luck.</p>
<p>There might be some spots available on the bottom rung Ivy teams if the OP has both good times and very good academic stats. She has nothing to lose by giving it a try.</p>
<p>I think the OP should just give it a shot. my d went on an Ivy recruiting trip a couple of weeks ago and there is another one scheduled this coming weekend…the prereads are done very quickly and some of the other coaches we have talked to have said they would even set up a one-night or mid-week trip for d if the weekends conflicted…the coaches are very accommodating if they want you! Go for it!</p>
<p>Folks, for the benefit of someone new to the conversation, can I ask one of you to lay out the ideal timing in terms of how the recruiting process would work for the Ivies with respect to track / XC? If the OP is too late, what sort of timing is just right, and not too early? I’m presuming that there’s no point in starting the conversation with any coaches until one has PRs that will get and hold their attention (so perhaps after Spring track)?</p>
<p>What is a preread exactly? Is the application submitted?</p>
<p>A pre-read is a preliminary review by admissions. The coach will ask for an unofficial transcript and an unofficial copy of your SAT scores. A successful pre-read is not a guarantee of admission, but rather a way to signal the coach whether or not it is reasonable to keep recruiting you.</p>
<p>SoCal–You guys in CA don’t have an indoor track season, do you? If the athlete already has decent track times from sophomore year and junior year xc, I’d send them now. The coaches will assume some improvement. That will get your student on their radar and will open up a dialogue so you can then proceed to provide updates in the form of strong spring performances. Then, after July 1 they can call your student.</p>
<p>Also
Pre-reads are done during the summer before fall Sr year so that the schools can offer OVs…</p>
<p>LLs are going out now…calls are already being made…top recruits are committing.
This is done before Nov NLIs etc.</p>
<p>runnergurl–basically you are working with a November 1st deadline if you start now. Again, go ahead and contact the coach but just don’t expect much from that contact.</p>
<p>ok thanks everyone! I’ll see what happens!</p>