Just wanted to take a second to say thank you for all the feedback over the last several years. The recruiting process is not for the faint of heart and having feedback is helpful. Super proud of kiddo - we sat back and provided support as needed (much with advice picked up here), but he navigated the process from start to finish and is now excited about the school he has chosen and they seem very excited about him. It got pretty stressful for him with deadlines from one school, another showing up on his HS campus to try and convince him to wait, and a 3rd calling and trying to get him to change his mind even after a publicized verbal commit. Watching how he handled it all though leaves us confident he will do great. We learned some are not so honest and others will stand by what they say and telling the difference can be difficult. With a combo of academics and athletics he got a very nice scholarship as well and he is looking forward to the official signing.
Congratulations! Can you share what sport? Any other general advice?
Uncertainty makes me anxious, so you can imagine that the recruiting process isn’t an easy one for me – my son seems fine 
(And, I vent on here, not to him!)
Football for us. I’m a planner and like things in “order”. He is a hard worker, but much more relaxed. I’m a talker - I like to ask questions, research, talk through the options. When it came down to it, he just wanted/needed some time to sit back, absorb it all and make decisions. Man was that hard for me, but I did it (almost completely). Mostly I wanted to be sure that whatever decision he made was one that he would be happy with and excited about. The $$ are important for our family, but we stressed multiple times for him not to choose just based on great scholarships. We told him that there are other ways to do this, but he had to figure out what he wanted (play a sport, hold a job, etc).
Looks like you have a junior soccer player. My kiddo (in fact all of my kids) are soccer players too. Soccer is a slightly different approach than FB since soccer has club teams and showcase tournaments and FB is all HS games and highlight film.
If he knows what he wants to major in, do some research on schools that have that major. Ironically, the school my son has picked is not one we had ever heard of or contacted. The coach reached out to him after he tweeted a “thanks for the game day visit” post at a competing school. From there he did some research and one thing led to another.
Take advantage of visits (multiple ones if he can). I went with him to the first unofficial visit to a local school and then the out of state school. We visited a few others as well. He went back on his own to visit the first school for another game. Having visited the out of state school he saw different things when he went back. He liked both schools, but having multiple perspectives helped him narrow down.
Have good highlight film. That’s harder in soccer (at least it was for us) because we didn’t have a ready roll of film to snip like football. Create a private youtube channel. If he is going to showcases email the coaches ahead of time with the games, #, and highlight video. Most of the time they are there to look at particular players and not just in general.
For FB, social media was the key. Everything was done through twitter. He followed coaches, they followed him back and then messaged him through it. Even after they had his cell # an he theirs that was usually the preferred communication. Make sure the image he is presenting on social media is a good one. Occasionally post a snip of a great play.
Mostly try to relax and enjoy the process. For my older son (who pursued soccer) he wasn’t a top prospect and didn’t actually get an offer until he was on his way home from his last playoff game (coach was waiting for the season to be done).
In the end he had to make some hard decisions (to accept a great offer on the table or to chance it while he visited additional schools). He had to feel things out and trust his gut. In the end he picked the school who was giving him a great offer and he really liked the campus and the program. The others would of been great too, but he is excited and comfortable with his choice which was our goal all along so all is good.
Good luck!
No, junior. And his sport is soccer. Very few scholarships for male players
The contact and recruiting from other schools will not stop. D3 schools will still recruit after he signs the NLI.
@cinnamon1212 - trust me I understand. He loves soccer and could of gone that way too (probably not at quite as high a level) but the options were much better with FB.
@twoinanddone - that surprised me. I guess just thought once he had put out an announcement of commit that they would stop. This particular coach was given several chances and told needed to know what he had to offer. He gave numbers then after the commit came back with “I made a mistake …”
Congratulations!