<p>From the Parent’s forum, “Athletic Recruiting Counselor?” thread</p>
<p>I learned something new recently.</p>
<p>Here is a comment I made based on my niece’s experience with DIII tennis. She had been highly recruited but the coach ended up with about 6 girls for 3 spots and they had to compete for a position on the team! Yes, she made the team, but we were all so surprised she had to "try out."</p>
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<p>Here's my story. We knew a young man who got in, ED, to a college that was a quite a reach for him, and I was thinking, “Wow, ED really gives you an edge.” Later, my daughter mentioned he would be playing his (non-revenue) sport at that school. </p>
<p>Here is what EMM1 said in response to my DIII “feast or famine” post above.</p>
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At the most highly selective schools, the coaches deal with this problem by often conditioning their support in the admission process on a binding ED application.
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<p>So, I think that is something that happens that I didn't know about before. The student and the coach communicate, and the coach and the student both think, "This is a good fit." Coach wants the student for the team; student likes the college. Coach says “Apply ED and I will support your application.” Student applies ED, gets in, and student and coach are both happy. </p>
<p>Interesting facet to admissions that I wasn’t aware of. </p>
<p>Have you heard of this before?</p>