<p>OnEsTePcLoSeR, Did the coaches invite you to overnights? My son received a few positive prereads this week too (different sport), but none of them mentioned an OV. </p>
<p>Yes they both offered OVs at the NE Elite camp. Amherst just offered an OV but has not come back with a pre-read yet. what grades / SATs does he have and what sport??</p>
<p>@suerose</p>
<p>His stats are bit higher than yours, but he definitely requires(and is being offered) slots. It’s soccer.</p>
<p>@suerose</p>
<p>I wouldn’t worry too much about OVs. if he’s getting offered slots, the OV is a formality. when I got offered from EasternWashington and Portland State I didn’t receive an official visit invite until over a month later.</p>
<p>We were hoping OVs would help him make his decision.</p>
<p>Well they’re all good schools. </p>
<p>Williams – purple and gold
Amherst – purple and white
Middlebury – Navy blue and white
Bowdoin – black and white
Bates – Maroon and black and white
Wesleyan – Cardinal and white
Hamilton – buff and blue
Colby – Light blue and silver
Trinity – Navy blue and gold
Tufts – Brown and light blue(?) LOL</p>
<p>So those are roughly the colors of the NESCAC.</p>
<p>@prezbucky Cardinal and black for Wes ;-)</p>
<p>Can anyone provide commentary on this . The NESCAC coaches attended many of the IVY and Patriot football camps my son attended. Are they able to contact and recruit anyone they choose at these camps or do they have to wait for approval from the schools camp that tell them go ahead and pursue this student we are not interested in him.</p>
<p>All a coach must do is comply with NCAA rules. NCAA rules have no provision for asking permission from camp providers.</p>
<p>But, there may be informal “understandings” between coaches since the coaches attending the camps must be invited to attend. And if a coach “snakes” a recruit in violation of the “understanding” that coach may not be invited back next year to that camp.</p>
<p>From the recruits perspective it doesn’t matter; entertain all phone calls and contacts from coaches. Reading tea leaves was a full time job for us during recruiting. Most of the time we were engaged in baseless speculation. When, and if, an offer from a school lower down the desirability chain is received, call the coaches farther up the chain. The coaches will be straight with you on where you stand in their picture (e.g., “good luck,” “we’re waiting for a player, but your next,” “wow, your offer got lost in the mail and here it is”).</p>
<p>I would agree with stemit. After the camps my son attended this summer, several NESCAC coaches began recruiting him fairly aggressively. Several of these coaches were at camps run by two Ivys who have offered to support my son for a likely letter. Also, in my experience, the same coaches from Amherst, Bowdoin, Tufts, Williams (the NESCACs my son was most interested in) attended multiple Ivy camps. In other words, even if Princeton as an example told the Amherst guy to stay away from kid x, the coach may see the kid the next day at Yale and the Yale coach may not care if the NESCACs recruit him.</p>
<p>IMHO. If your son is a nescac level player, have him develop contact with the coaches then attend NE Elite. Ivys are very selective at the D1 level and standing out at NE Elite saves you alot of time and money. This is coming from a west coast perspective</p>