<p>That story is quite sad.
I am very disappointed to hear that your student was told/a coach commited to a LL to your scholar-athlete and then it was lost to another athlete in the 11th hour. I should think once a coach has offerred to solicit for a LL on behalf of your student, that it would have only not been confirmed/issued if the Admission Cmte had an issue with it.
I am so sorry and know your student must be disappointed. I am sorry too that it didn’t play out in Sept/early Oct so that your student had the ability to pursue elsewhere.</p>
<p>FWIW, there have been athletes here on CC who got to the Dec decisions dates only to get a horrible surprise that they didn’t get in as the coach “verbally” promised…ie didn’t hold a LL and had not signed a NLI. </p>
<p>It has happened before and now those athletes are enrolled in other Us and are training/competing happily with their teams. </p>
<p>Two more weeks of apps.
Consider having your student pursue those other teams/schools. The right U/coach/team is out there.</p>
<p>A few schools, notably Brown and Yale, have officially cut back the number of “tips” this year which may also account for things being a bit quieter-- but 12/15 is a few days away and a lot of verbals will either (we hope) be confirmed or the kids will be horribly disappointed and have to scramble very quickly.</p>
<p>OS Grandson - H/W Rowing (M), Likely Letter- Columbia University
brandnew3773 - L/W Rowing (M), Likely Letter - Columbia Univerity
3xboys S - L/W Rowing (M) Likely Letter - Dartmouth College
csyankees9 - L/W Rowing (M) Likely Letter- Columbia University
golfcrewxctrack sister - Golf (F) Likely Letter - Harvard University
bballdad’s S - Basketball (M), Likely Letter- Dartmouth College
gobrown85 S - H/W Rowing (M), Likely Letter- Columbia University
tonyb123 S - H/W Rowing (M), Likely Letter- Columbia University
Vwcc10 S - Soccer (M), Likely Letter - Cornell University
Bluedog10 - Swim-dive (?), Likely Letter - Columbia University
Gingerdaisys - Fencing (foil) - (W), REA - Stanford University
ATastyBurger - Fencing (sabre) - (M), REA - Stanford University
riverrunner’sfriend - H/W Rowing (M), REA- Stanford University
ready2bdone D - Soccer (F), Likely Letter, RED - Dartmouth College
whisperer S - L/W Rowing (M), Likely Letter - Dartmouth College
thehistorian123 - H/W Rowing (M), Likely Letter - UPenn
MontyP - H/W Rowing (M), Accepted ED with coaches support - Columbia University
intlprepmom’s D - Squash, Accepted ED - Amherst</p>
<p>OS Grandson - H/W Rowing (M), Likely Letter- Columbia University
brandnew3773 - L/W Rowing (M), Likely Letter - Columbia Univerity
3xboys S - L/W Rowing (M) Likely Letter - Dartmouth College
csyankees9 - L/W Rowing (M) Likely Letter- Columbia University
golfcrewxctrack sister - Golf (F) Likely Letter - Harvard University
bballdad’s S - Basketball (M), Likely Letter- Dartmouth College
gobrown85 S - H/W Rowing (M), Likely Letter- Columbia University
tonyb123 S - H/W Rowing (M), Likely Letter- Columbia University
Vwcc10 S - Soccer (M), Likely Letter - Cornell University
Bluedog10 - Swim-dive (?), Likely Letter - Columbia University
Gingerdaisys - Fencing (foil) - (W), REA - Stanford University
ATastyBurger - Fencing (sabre) - (M), REA - Stanford University
riverrunner’sfriend - H/W Rowing (M), REA- Stanford University
ready2bdone D - Soccer (F), Likely Letter, RED - Dartmouth College
whisperer S - L/W Rowing (M), Likely Letter - Dartmouth College
thehistorian123 - H/W Rowing (M), Likely Letter - UPenn
MontyP - H/W Rowing (M), Accepted ED with coaches support - Columbia University
intlprepmom’s D - Squash, Accepted ED - Amherst
ninjagoalie - Hockey (W), Accepted ED - Amherst</p>
<p>Whynotmithoo - I feel for you. Pretty lousy for a coach to renege on his offer of a LL. So much of the Ivy process is based on people keeping their promises - both athlete and coach - it really burns me that a coach would pull that. </p>
<p>Not to be a Pollyanna, but there are more than a few stories here of recruitments gone bad that ended up working out for the best.</p>
<p>I would certainly have your son cast a wider net while there is still time to submit applications and not rely solely on two schools, particularly if they are highly selective schools. Better safe than sorry!</p>
<p>Likely letters - to start I would say good luck to all of the recruits and their parents over the next few days. The advice on the athletic recruit forum, particularly as it relates to the Ivy and NESAC schools is a valuable blueprint for all athletes pursuing this option. Whether you are the best athlete or best student (or a lesser combination) pursue your dream of college athletics until you are told NO. Do not self select yourself out of consideration. There is very valuable advice that may be given to a star performer and student that you can utilize. </p>
<p>I have not seen a post where a recruit was issued a likely letter but then was not admitted so if you have one enjoy it -the school sent it to you for a reason!</p>
<p>OS Grandson - H/W Rowing (M), Likely Letter- Columbia University
brandnew3773 - L/W Rowing (M), Likely Letter - Columbia Univerity
3xboys S - L/W Rowing (M) Likely Letter - Dartmouth College
csyankees9 - L/W Rowing (M) Likely Letter- Columbia University
golfcrewxctrack sister - Golf (F) Likely Letter - Harvard University
bballdad’s S - Basketball (M), Likely Letter- Dartmouth College
gobrown85 S - H/W Rowing (M), Likely Letter- Columbia University
tonyb123 S - H/W Rowing (M), Likely Letter- Columbia University
Vwcc10 S - Soccer (M), Likely Letter - Cornell University
Bluedog10 - Swim-dive (?), Likely Letter - Columbia University
Gingerdaisys - Fencing (foil) - (W), REA - Stanford University
ATastyBurger - Fencing (sabre) - (M), REA - Stanford University
riverrunner’sfriend - H/W Rowing (M), REA- Stanford University
ready2bdone D - Soccer (F), Likely Letter, RED - Dartmouth College
whisperer S - L/W Rowing (M), Likely Letter - Dartmouth College
thehistorian123 - H/W Rowing (M), Likely Letter - UPenn
MontyP - H/W Rowing (M), Accepted ED with coaches support - Columbia University
intlprepmom’s D - Squash, Accepted ED - Amherst
ninjagoalie - Hockey (W), Accepted ED - Amherst
lowstandards - H/W Rowing (M) - REA - Stanford University</p>
<p>D rowing L/W for Princeton!! No LL, but verbally committed in Oct. + significant coach support.</p>
<p>Thank you to all veteran and more recent cc’ers for so much invaluable advice this past year. We were completely ignorant of athletic recruiting when we started and have learned so much from this forum!</p>
<p>OS Grandson - H/W Rowing (M), Likely Letter- Columbia University
brandnew3773 - L/W Rowing (M), Likely Letter - Columbia Univerity
3xboys S - L/W Rowing (M) Likely Letter - Dartmouth College
csyankees9 - L/W Rowing (M) Likely Letter- Columbia University
golfcrewxctrack sister - Golf (F) Likely Letter - Harvard University
bballdad’s S - Basketball (M), Likely Letter- Dartmouth College
gobrown85 S - H/W Rowing (M), Likely Letter- Columbia University
tonyb123 S - H/W Rowing (M), Likely Letter- Columbia University
Vwcc10 S - Soccer (M), Likely Letter - Cornell University
Bluedog10 - Swim-dive (?), Likely Letter - Columbia University
Gingerdaisys - Fencing (foil) - (W), REA - Stanford University
ATastyBurger - Fencing (sabre) - (M), REA - Stanford University
riverrunner’sfriend - H/W Rowing (M), REA- Stanford University
ready2bdone D - Soccer (F), Likely Letter, RED - Dartmouth College
whisperer S - L/W Rowing (M), Likely Letter - Dartmouth College
thehistorian123 - H/W Rowing (M), Likely Letter - UPenn
MontyP - H/W Rowing (M), Accepted ED with coaches support - Columbia
intlprepmom’s D - Squash, Accepted ED - Amherst
ninjagoalie - Hockey (W), Accepted ED - Amherst
lowstandards - H/W Rowing (M) - REA - Stanford University
elileo D - L/W Rowing (F), Accepted EA with coaches support - Princeton</p>
<p>@brandnew3773 Wow, that is really impressive. I’ve heard Columbia holds higher academic standards for its recruited athletes than some other ivies. Is this true? Also is it typically just the 8 recruits for the freshman 8+? Thanks!</p>
<p>whynotmithoo’s son–track(M) Recruited by Coach - Duke
whynotmithoo’s son’s friend --track (M) - REA Stanford
whynotmithoo’s son’s friend - - track (M) - Coach support - ED at JHU</p>