<p>what is a definition of a tip and slot. what is the difference plese explain</p>
<p>The nomenclature can shift a lot. at some schools a “slot” (a position a coach has for an athlete that has been cleared by admissions) may be a “tip” for others a “tip” is a letter of support but not an actual recruiting position (everything at NESCAC needs admissions approval). (“tip” seems to be the term in the Ivies for a “slot”)–confused yet? :-)</p>
<p>On top of that NESCAC schools have great relationships with a number of schools both private/prep and public and because the number of applicants are low enough, often the admissions officer can call the college counsellor for a reading about a kid that goes beyond the transcript/test scores. Yes, most NESCACs recognize that Top Prep is a wholly different beast than local high and compensate in rank in class and perhaps gpa as well…(Ivies do too-- they add numbers to the AI to reflect a school’s level of difficulty).</p>
<p>NESCAC schools operate much closer to the Ivy model than the rest of D3 schools-- that is because for many of their kids, they have options to go Ivy or NESCAC (esp for a few of the NESCAC schools…) and so they operate that way. In general NESCAC does not want to lose a kid just bc an Ivy can offer an LL and the NESCAC officially can’t do so–so they try to informally let the kid know that they have the equivalent of an LL–and esp if the kid comes from a school that sends students to that NESCAC, there is no way that the coach/admissions officer is going to give the student bad information and then “stiff” him or her come admissions day (There is an Ivy coach in a sport that has developed a bit of a rep for doing that and he is having a MUCH harder time getting recruits to come to his program as the word is out about him–this is a very small world…)</p>
<p>In general, not only how much a college wants an athlete but also the sport plays a role–so called “helmet” sports (which also includes basketball) are more likely to go to a lower band than, say, fencing, swimming or skiing. You can get a sense by seeing how many academic NCAA awards a team has as to the expectations for their recruits–my D’s program told the girls on the recruit weekend about how proud they were about the academic standing of the girls, the majors they had and the number of academic awards/grants they had won. It was made clear that just being a good jock would not be sufficient for making a reciting slot on that team.</p>