Hi, so I just finished up going to a recruiting visit at one of my schools. I was wondering if it was common to send an email to the coach after the visit and telling them what you liked about the school. Would this be seen as annoying or is it expected?
Expected.
If not done, I would expect it to impact the coaches’ view of your interest, so if you are interested at all, do it for sure.
Yep, definitely worth doing unless the coach already has told you he’d like to talk by phone to get your reaction.
Any time you are invited to do something, you should thank the inviter. If you add in your interest in the school, all the more helpful to the coach. I don’t think acknowledging an invitation is ever annoying.
My daughter just had a great visit where she was one of only a small number of recruits invited to an event and she really loved it. Going into the weekend she was leaning towards another school (a competitor of this school) and now her mind has changed a lot. She got to meet with the coach at the end to talk through the process and all seemed to go well. When she got home she sent an email the next day talking about how much she loved the visit and recapped the things she enjoyed, even though she already told the coach in person. No reply from the coach yet but it has only been a day.
Fingers crossed that things keep going in a positive direction. I hope her following up wasn’t overkill but the coach seemed really positive during the visit and gave her a timeline with admissions details etc. and talked about when the pre read would be.
Should she keep following up all spring?
Send an email not only to the coach but also to your student hosts.