<p>Thanks for looking since this is time sensitive!</p>
<p>We are at Elite now and there is a "college fair" for seniors only today at 2:30. My player thinks he is not very interested in going, he wants to prepare for the on field performance. His logic is that he has already spoken to/been seen by every college on his list and at this point he is very satisfied that he has a good range of reaches to matches to safeties, and there are no other colleges present that appeal to him for reasons more than the ones he has already seen whom he is engaged with. There are about 8 colleges he has actively been engaged with, everyone has seen all his scores, grades and film, and things are looking very good.</p>
<p>Did they do a college fair last year? What do you think of this logic? Just afraid he will miss something.</p>
<p>I don’t think it will make much difference at this point. I believe this would be more of a benefit for those late in the process. If he emailed the coaches prior to the camp, then they know he is attending. My D never did it at any of the recruiting camps for her sport. Since we had already talked to the coaches on campus and kept in touch via email, it seemed like overkill. She already had a relationship with the coaches. However, I don’t think it is a bad thing either- especially if you never met face to face.</p>
<p>Thank you, so much. I forgot how many people are here who don’t do a lot of the things available and it works out fine. The word overkill resonated with me. He has been extemely proactive so far and except for perhaps inviting a new school into the mix, there would be nothing new to say at the moment. He is right, it is all on the field and on paper now. Thanks.</p>
<p>Meow1985, don’t worry about it. My son went and he said it was OK but the coaches he was already talking with were spending their time meeting new kids, and he went only for the last half to give his transcript and scores to a new coach that emailed him earlier today asking for them plus a film link they could watch before today’s session. He emailed the link and said he would bring paperwork in and the coach emailed back immediately to tell him where he would be found, so that was a specific request. </p>
<p>I don’t think your son missed anything if he is already talking with coaches of schools he is interested in.</p>
<p>We went to NE Elite last year as well as a handful of Ivy/NESCAC camps.</p>
<p>As we are not from the Northeast, S had not had the opportunity to be face to face with some of the head coaches he had been communicating with by email for several months.</p>
<p>Thus, we found the college fair to be the most valuable aspect of NE Elite. It enabled S to get in front of the coaches and let them put a face with the name.</p>
<p>I suggest if you you decide to go to the college fair that you get there as soon as it starts and see the coaches that are most important to you first. Towards the end of the hour some of the lines got fairly long and the fair ended before S had the chance to meet with some of the coaches.</p>
<p>And if you park on the grass, you’re gonna get towed!</p>
<p>Best of luck.</p>
<p>What he missed was long lines to stand in and the handshake if he got through. With so many kids at this camp (1100), its best to have the connections before hand. No NESCAC’s present at the fair if your son was interested in those.</p>
<p>Stevelm, does your son play football? Were you at NE Elite? </p>
<p>Just asking.</p>
<p>Yes, my son plays football. I have twins. The other is a lightweight rower. We were at NE elite. I was agreeing with the user that said the college fair was a waste if you had no previous connections. Were you there?</p>