<p>Hi, my son just got his SAT scores which were below expected , 650 math , 650 writing, 690 critical reading. He gave it earlier on so that he could submit it to coaches for athletic recruitment along with his track timings and set up coach meetings. Should we hold back on submitting these scores till he retakes them in june and hopefully improves as he is setting his sights on ivies and top nescac colleges?, and just send his track timings for now.</p>
<p>If he is a recruited athlete for a NESCAC school, then in my experience his SAT scores are fine. You should submit them. Coaches know he will retake them but they need to know that his scores make him recruitable…in my opinion, his current scores do that.
My son in same boat, SATs not as high as your son’s (650/620/580) but coaches like them as a baseline and now know he is academically qualified for them to pursue</p>
<p>From our experience at the ivies, they wanted 700s across the board…and 2 subject tests…or ACT equivalent.
However, those aren’t bad scores and with a rigorous transcript and recruitable athletic times etc…it opens the conversation up.
Those scores will not close doors.
Be sure to include also include gpa and list current schedule/APs etc.</p>
<p>^^same question…</p>
<p>D’s Jan. scores are very to similar Mintang’s son (630-670). She’s signed up for a March re-take (and she promises to prep this time) --should she hold back unless directly asked for them? Right now all her prospective college coaches have PSAT scores. She is looking at NESCAC and similar LACs in NY & PA …(average reported 50% ranges for the schools are more like 650-750).</p>
<p>Pathways, I would submit them as they establish a baseline for the coaches so they maintain interest.
I suspect SAT score ranges vary a lot depending on the sport
My “helmet” sport sons were told 1800 was what the coaches wanted to see --that includes the Ivy coach that has been speaking with my youngest. Oldest plays a one of the top Nescacs and got in with a 3.0 and 1860 SATs…has done beautifully at his school</p>
<p>It depends on the school, the sport, and your son’s ability. But the worst that can happen is for a coach to tell you the scores are too low, and then if he scores higher upon retaking, you send the improved scores.</p>
<p>Our experience with the top NESCACs is that they also want scores 700+.</p>
<p>“Helmet” and track are different in terms of standards, this board seems to demonstrate.
If you don’t send any scores, they will possibly think they are evn worse, and your child is not recruitable.
BUT they are not good enough to be recruited unless your child has a better time than most of the current team, or has a “hooK”.
We were told as well:SATs over 700, ACT of 31 or higher for Midd, and 32 for Amherst.
My S had similar SATs, so he switched to the ACT and did much better(31) and was recruited by Midd-where he is happily studying, competing, and getting ready for his first NESCAC. Good luck!</p>
<p>what is the tradeoff with not connecting with the coaches in my son’s junior spring year with average SATs and hope for better SATs and/or Act scores and not have the coach hear of my son till summer early fall? after he has retaken them? I had heard that junior spring term is when athletic recruits should connect with prospective coaches. I would think the worse is the coach could ignore him and if an improved score shows up, at least the coach would know who my son is and show interest than? Again my son is only interested in the top Nescac schoools and the ivies. He is amongst the top ten juniors in his track event in the nation so far.</p>
<p>I don’t see any downside of making contact now with the scores you have in hand. As others have said, the coach will likely want to see a little higher, but those scores certainly won’t close any doors. Waiting until summer or early fall would be a mistake, in my opinion. Coach / athlete relationships are being built now.</p>
<p>Unless your son is a state-level runner, you’ll be fine waiting until after his junior season and you have new scores. We found that most of the track recruiting didn’t really heat up until late summer/ early fall of senior year.</p>
<p>HS indoor season is young, but if he is currently top 10 nationally I assume he has a good shot at qualifying for the big national meets (New Balance, JO Nats, etc). You’ll want to give a heads-up to college coaches if you hit these showcase events to make sure his name is highlighted on their clipboards.</p>
<p>Mintang/Minoafrau --Early (track) coach contact has been helpful to us as D now has unofficial visits set up for February and April vacations (which will be helpful to D in honing down the list). For the schools she visits, D will include the January SAT scores and Winter track marks on the track resume (so whether to report/not report is not an issue). For the rest we will wait till late March (and second round of SAT scores) to send an “update” of scores and marks (and those latter colleges happen to be the most competitive on her list --we wanted her to get comfortable with college visits and coach meetings with the less competitive colleges first).</p>
<p>Thank you all for your very helpful contributions.</p>
<p>fwiw, at the end of Jr yr, as a follow up from emails, visits etc jr yr…
we sent a fax to coaches of schools at the top of our kiddo’s list…
it had ACT, SAT2s, transcrpt, resume, sports stats etc…all in prep for July 1…
a nice neat summary package.</p>
<p>Sorry, I missed the line about the national ranking. That’s an entirely different situation. You’ve got absolutely nothing to lose from making contact now.</p>
<p>Although my son is in the top 8% of his Jr. class, takes A.P./honors classes and has a 4.0 GPA, he also scored low on the 1st time around go of the SAT (1700 total, but did so-so in math at 650). I too wonder if he should report these scores to college coaches? He is not trying to get into an Ivy league school but just a DI or DII college along the west coast. He just took the ACT and I am hoping that they a lot better. Of course he is going to retake the SAT but probably not until the fall, as he would not be able to allow enough time to prepare due to club sport this spring. Would the fall be too late to submit better scores?</p>
<p>Schools (admissions) will want to see test scores BEFORE your son can go on an official visit. I would tell the coach the current test scores and update him/her with the ACT scores. The scores may already be high enough to get the go ahead from admission. On the other hand, if the scores are too low, the coach may loose interest if you wait until the fall to re-take.</p>