<p>Thanks everyone, this has helped me figure out a timeline.
D had a great tournament last week, and lots of her teachers are starting to ask what her college plans are. Hope she doesn't get too stressed about college, yet.</p>
<p>Two more questions: Did any of your student athletes come from a very small school? Ours is too small to keep stats, and we are overseas, so no one is going to be scouting here. I guess that leaves us with a coaches letter of referral and some video clips. Anything else you can think of that we should be collecting?
Thank you</p>
<p>Our HS was very small, but DDs team won the equivalent of the state championships and DD played on a state/country level team, so that made it easy to translate. Any team/student accomplishments that you can translate to how that would have looked in the US- for instance in CA it would be like winning CIF, etc? I think when you come from outside the US, it is really important to put it in US terms because too many Americans are clueless about anything but their own local standards and happenings, if you want your kid to have a fair shot, help the coach see how your athlete';s accomplishment fits in a US rubric</p>
<p>Karen Colleges...I would think it would depend on the sport. Times are times for swimming, running, etc. Soccer would need videos, bball should have some stats and videos. I would email coaches at schools you are interested in and ask them. Check out some of the recruiting sites like jumpforward and berecruited for more info.</p>
<p>Karen, make sure you provide college coaches with all contact information for the coaches your son works with now. Maybe email is the only practical mode. I was surprised by how often and how many coaches wanted to talk, at length with Ds coach. Has the high school coach had athletes go on to US college athletic careers? If so, he should have some idea of how to compare your son to other athletes he's coached. If this is the best kid he's ever coached, that's great, but may be harder for him to explain the level of talent to a college coach. Also, make sure the high school coach knows which schools your son is really interested in, so that when/if that coach calls, he can give the call/email the attention it will need. Our coach was asked if our D truly planned to compete for four years, how coachable she is, is she a team leader?, is she injury prone?, does she practice hard?, how does she compare with other athletes in the school, state, region?, etc. </p>
<p>Best wishes!</p>
<p>In our situation HS coaches are never contacted, only club coaches. Again it depends on what sport! Heck, college coaches don't even bother to attend HS games around here unless you're in the state tourney! And then it's only as a courtesy to the player.</p>
<p>GoBlueAlumMom, when you say "file" do you mean the entire application or just the stats at the end of Jr year (GPA, SATs etc)? THanks!</p>
<p>Yes, just the end of junior year transcript, test scores, senior class schedule, and the high school profile. Basically, it's a pre-screen where admissions will give the coaches a clear thumbs up/down or, for a borderline recruit, areas that need shoring up such as test retakes, stronger senior schedule...</p>
<p>Thanks for the info and suggestions. This is a little bit mind-boggling for me.</p>
<p>I really like to see that the berecruited site has a login for parents. I'll do that today, and keep gathering information.</p>
<p>Thanks GoBlueAlumMom!</p>