Athletic Pre-read question

[Anonymous]

DD has her heart set on one school where she is being recruited for athletics. It's a D3 that does offer up to 20K in merit money, which is why we first reached out to the school. They have said that they will conduct a pre-read this summer and let us know of any merit offers. Academically, the school is a target for her. I guess my question is, if they give her a likely with the pre-read, and we are happy with the merit award, how confident can we be that the she will be accepted ED?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD has her heart set on one school where she is being recruited for athletics. It's a D3 that does offer up to 20K in merit money, which is why we first reached out to the school. They have said that they will conduct a pre-read this summer and let us know of any merit offers. Academically, the school is a target for her. I guess my question is, if they give her a likely with the pre-read, and we are happy with the merit award, how confident can we be that the she will be accepted ED?

That's a question you can ask them. There is some variation between schools, but at many D3 schools, if a candidate passes the preread and gets a slot from the coach it's pretty much a sure thing unless something major happens.

But coaches will submit more athletes for prereads than they offer slots too. Basically, the coach might send the info on their top 10 athletes to admissions. Admissions comes back with 6 "definitely yes", 2 "if she's your top choice" and 2 "no".

Coach then needs to pick 4. Maybe your daughter is in their top 4 choices and she's in, or they pick 4, not including your daughter, and then 2 of those also get other offers and decline, and then she gets an offer a little later.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD has her heart set on one school where she is being recruited for athletics. It's a D3 that does offer up to 20K in merit money, which is why we first reached out to the school. They have said that they will conduct a pre-read this summer and let us know of any merit offers. Academically, the school is a target for her. I guess my question is, if they give her a likely with the pre-read, and we are happy with the merit award, how confident can we be that the she will be accepted ED?

Does this school provide "likely letters"? If so, your daughter should push for one. If she receives an admissions likely letter then it's basically 100%.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DD has her heart set on one school where she is being recruited for athletics. It's a D3 that does offer up to 20K in merit money, which is why we first reached out to the school. They have said that they will conduct a pre-read this summer and let us know of any merit offers. Academically, the school is a target for her. I guess my question is, if they give her a likely with the pre-read, and we are happy with the merit award, how confident can we be that the she will be accepted ED?

Does this school provide "likely letters"? If so, your daughter should push for one. If she receives an admissions likely letter then it's basically 100%.

Very few schools D3 schools offer likely letters but they are generally true to their word.

If you are looking for merit aid ask for a financial aid pre-read as well as the academic pre-read.

You need to get an offer from the coach. If you have the offer and pass the pre-read you will get in barring any big changes. The academic pre-read will determine merit if any.

[Anonymous]

The coach has said “we would love to have you join us” I don’t know if here should be a more formal offer or statement. The school also told us that they would vi aider merit aid with the pre read.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The coach has said “we would love to have you join us” I don’t know if here should be a more formal offer or statement. The school also told us that they would vi aider merit aid with the pre read.

You should ask:

Does that mean that I have full support for admission?

How many kids who pass the pre-read and have full support are accepted.

Be specific, they will answer honestly in our experience.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The coach has said “we would love to have you join us” I don’t know if here should be a more formal offer or statement. The school also told us that they would vi aider merit aid with the pre read.

After grades for the year are in, and a preread is done, they should make more formal offers. They should be able to tell you if your kid has their full support, and what percentage of kids with full support have gotten in

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The coach has said “we would love to have you join us” I don’t know if here should be a more formal offer or statement. The school also told us that they would vi aider merit aid with the pre read.

After grades for the year are in, and a preread is done, they should make more formal offers. They should be able to tell you if your kid has their full support, and what percentage of kids with full support have gotten in

Thank you. It’s a less popular sport - think fencing, squash etc. and the recruiting landscape is not all that competitive outside of top schools (for academics and the sport). So not anything like soccer, lacrosse etc.

[Anonymous]

And she would be super happy to be at this school even without the sport!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD has her heart set on one school where she is being recruited for athletics. It's a D3 that does offer up to 20K in merit money, which is why we first reached out to the school. They have said that they will conduct a pre-read this summer and let us know of any merit offers. Academically, the school is a target for her. I guess my question is, if they give her a likely with the pre-read, and we are happy with the merit award, how confident can we be that the she will be accepted ED?

Very.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD has her heart set on one school where she is being recruited for athletics. It's a D3 that does offer up to 20K in merit money, which is why we first reached out to the school. They have said that they will conduct a pre-read this summer and let us know of any merit offers. Academically, the school is a target for her. I guess my question is, if they give her a likely with the pre-read, and we are happy with the merit award, how confident can we be that the she will be accepted ED?

That's a question you can ask them. There is some variation between schools, but at many D3 schools, if a candidate passes the preread and gets a slot from the coach it's pretty much a sure thing unless something major happens.

But coaches will submit more athletes for prereads than they offer slots too. Basically, the coach might send the info on their top 10 athletes to admissions. Admissions comes back with 6 "definitely yes", 2 "if she's your top choice" and 2 "no".

Coach then needs to pick 4. Maybe your daughter is in their top 4 choices and she's in, or they pick 4, not including your daughter, and then 2 of those also get other offers and decline, and then she gets an offer a little later.

If you are recruited at a school that uses this system, you should definitely get confirmation from the coach as to support. Since you might not know whether the school uses that system, the question is worth asking.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD has her heart set on one school where she is being recruited for athletics. It's a D3 that does offer up to 20K in merit money, which is why we first reached out to the school. They have said that they will conduct a pre-read this summer and let us know of any merit offers. Academically, the school is a target for her. I guess my question is, if they give her a likely with the pre-read, and we are happy with the merit award, how confident can we be that the she will be accepted ED?

Does this school provide "likely letters"? If so, your daughter should push for one. If she receives an admissions likely letter then it's basically 100%.

Very few schools D3 schools offer likely letters but they are generally true to their word.

If you are looking for merit aid ask for a financial aid pre-read as well as the academic pre-read.

You need to get an offer from the coach. If you have the offer and pass the pre-read you will get in barring any big changes. The academic pre-read will determine merit if any.

Most of the UAA conference issue likely letters...Emory, Wash U, Case Western, et al. I don't know Chicago's policy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The coach has said “we would love to have you join us” I don’t know if here should be a more formal offer or statement. The school also told us that they would vi aider merit aid with the pre read.

Yes, there should be something more formal.

I know a number of kids where the coach said "we would love to have you join us....if you get accepted on your own". A coach would usually be much more definitive with a true recruit.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The coach has said “we would love to have you join us” I don’t know if here should be a more formal offer or statement. The school also told us that they would vi aider merit aid with the pre read.

Yes, there should be something more formal.

I know a number of kids where the coach said "we would love to have you join us....if you get accepted on your own". A coach would usually be much more definitive with a true recruit.

If they are going to be more definitive, it will be after the pre-read.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD has her heart set on one school where she is being recruited for athletics. It's a D3 that does offer up to 20K in merit money, which is why we first reached out to the school. They have said that they will conduct a pre-read this summer and let us know of any merit offers. Academically, the school is a target for her. I guess my question is, if they give her a likely with the pre-read, and we are happy with the merit award, how confident can we be that the she will be accepted ED?

Does this school provide "likely letters"? If so, your daughter should push for one. If she receives an admissions likely letter then it's basically 100%.

Very few schools D3 schools offer likely letters but they are generally true to their word.

If you are looking for merit aid ask for a financial aid pre-read as well as the academic pre-read.

You need to get an offer from the coach. If you have the offer and pass the pre-read you will get in barring any big changes. The academic pre-read will determine merit if any.

Most of the UAA conference issue likely letters...Emory, Wash U, Case Western, et al. I don't know Chicago's policy.

I don't know about Emory but WashU and CWRU no longer issue likely letters for athletics. My kid had offers from two of the schools listed (along with be at above 75th at all of them) and the AOs specifically said that they no longer issue LLs. Chicago might but I'm not sure about that one either.