My daughter went in 2 OVs at Ivys. Loved 1, not the other. She emailed the coach of the one she liked saying this was her 1st choice and asked if tgere was anything she could do to improve her chances. The tesponse she teceived was a formulaic sounding “thats good. We want to evaulate all tecruits iver the next minth abd then we will get back to you.”
My question (to help set expectations) is should she interpret this as a kind
Not interested (since they didnt provide any detail on what to do to improve chances)
If we cant find anyone better we will let you know.
Standard answer for everyone except top recruits.
Based on acadrmic index calculators on line sge is in the 215-217 range (ok, not great). Shes 6’ but 2K only in the 7:30s (also not great), but she is only 130#, so now that has stopped growing, presumably they must see some potential or they wouldnt have given her the OV to begin with.
I think you’ve enumerated the possible interpretations pretty well, and the only person who can answer your question authoritatively is the coach. (One would hope that the coach is enough of a straight shooter that the real answer isn’t #1.) Other than saying the school is her number one choice, there probably isn’t anything else your daughter can do to improve her chances. For a top recruit, that AI is plenty good enough, but for your daughter’s case you’d have to know what leeway the coach has been given in terms of achieving team wide AI targets to trade AI for athletic performance. Your daughter has an interesting height, size and weight mix–and I think you are correct that the coaches are looking at potential. Very few kids in a recruiting class come in with the ability to row in the top boats as freshman, so part of what the coaches have to figure out is who will continue to improve under the crazy D1 women’s rowing training workload.
Of course they saw potential - and more than that: they only give OVs to kids they would like to have on the team. But yes, she’s not top on of their list, and exactly where she is may depend on which of the girls ahead of her decide to accept offers, or go elsewhere (i.e., if the coach needs someone with a good AI to balance off a couple of lower-AI recruits, she may get the call). Unfortunately it’s a waiting game that can run well past Dec. 15 - and yet, if the coach calls, she may be asked to commit on the spot, or lose her chance. Good luck!
Thank you! Will post when we hear something. Reading past posts from others has been very helpful to us, so perhaps the outcome to this story will be informative to others.
(And sorry for all the typos in the initial post. Time to purchase those reading glasses I keep saying I dont need!)