Need help, when do you talk money??

Athletic Recruits
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<p>I have been a lurker on this board for a couple of years now and am finally coming out to ask a question.</p>

<p>We are headed to a school tomorrow with my D who will be entering her Senior year in September. We are doing the information session, campus tour and then am meeting up with the college coach to see their facilities and such.</p>

<p>D has been in contact with this school since her Freshman year, sending emails with video and results from her events. She never heard back from this particular coach and that's ok, just keep talking to the brick wall. Even as a junior, she never heard back from him, but she was injured during her season and didn't have much to send.</p>

<p>The college coach came to watch D, specifically her and at the end of her practice the coach said that he needs her transcripts and SAT scores to give to Admissions because she has to be able to get into the school on her own, but college coach told my D's coach that if she could get into the school that he would give her something. We are not sure if something translate to to full scholarship or partial, oh this is a D1 school.</p>

<p>As of yesterday, the college coach has not heard back from Admissions, but he said they are very busy right now. When we go tomorrow, I was planning to bring her transcripts and SAT scores with me hoping maybe someone in Admissions would take a look at them. I feel confident that she can get into the school based on her own merit. I guess the coach just needs to hear it from Admissions before he will talk.</p>

<p>So, tomorrow we are going. My husband and I will get a chance to meet coach, up to this point all conversation has only been between our D and the coach. I would like to ask him about what he is willing to offer our D. I feel like if I do not take this step, I might be passing up an opportunity to know the answer. If i just sit back and act all cool, like hey all's good and we'll just go with the flow, we might not ever find out what he is actually willing to give her.</p>

<p>Is it wrong of me to ask? I know he told her coach that he would offer her something, so it's not like it's coming out of left field. There is another part of this. I can not go back to D's coach and talk more about this as that coach is no longer her coach and she is now with a new coach. College coach is aware of the change as D called him and told him what happened and he told her that he appreciated her honesty and all. All conversation since the coach change has been positive and forward moving, so I'm not that concerned. The problem is, I can't go back to the coach and talk more details than what I currently know.</p>

<p>Thanks for everyone's help!! :)</p>

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<p>It doesn’t sound like the Coach had much to offer with information. If it is an athletic scholarship, he would be the one to talk to. If they are offering academic money that information will passed on from Admissions to the Coach or an athletic liason. Possibly, that is what the Coach is waiting for. For some D1 schools that we talked to, the large scholarships (>$10K) required an ED application before being awarded. You may want to find out those details when you know more. Good luck.</p>

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<p>I honestly think you can slow down a bit, and realize you will go at the coach’s pace, not yours. It is one of the most difficult things about recruiting. Because the coach has only talked to your D, you can be honest and ask him to walk you through the next steps of this process. Don’t guide him by saying “when do we hear about $” but let him outline what your D should be doing next, who will tell her what, and when she will have information. You’ll be able to follow his lead then. </p>

<p>He’s already told you that she needs to be accepted first, and then he will offer $, so is he asking her to go through the regular application timeline? If so, then she needs to have all her options available. I’d read into this that he’s not going to discuss money at all until she’s fully accepted…and that’s more than just a pre-read.</p>

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<p>I would not try to talk to admissions bypassing the coach. Coach can have his own relationships with admissions and finaid and may have specific plans for your daughter. It seems the coach is doing academic pre-read and you will have to wait although experienced coaches can predict admission outcome for most recruits. If your daughter is on the very low end of applicants pool or on the very high end then he may need feedback from admission. In any case not talking about money until fully admitted does not sound right. She may not even want to apply if he cannot guarantee admission and specific financial support.</p>