Getting likely letter....wait until admission to tell people?

[Anonymous]

Plenty of horror stories of kids who thought they were in and then the coach suddenly can't get the ok from the admissions office. Usually means a better recruit came along, but still. You don't want your kid to be the one who bragged and then got dropped.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Omfg yes

You want people knowing your kid got in because he
S an athlete? That’s shameful not something you brag about

Really? DP. My son has a 4.0uw/4.6w at a tough private and a 35 first and only ACT attempt. In academic/non-athletic clubs as well, held a job, etc.

Newsflash: for many top schools (almost all Ivies)--you need to get into the school first before they consider you as a recruit/commit. They state this over and over again to all of the players. Many players can't play at these schools because they don't have the grades. For football and basketball it might be different, but for all other sports you need to come to the table with the grades to get in.

I would certainly wait until you have official notice from the school that your kid has been admitted (i.e. more than a likely letter).

As for what the above-quoted posted, I had several Ivy league coaches (for ice hockey) tell me and my son flat out that they are looking for the best possible players that can get into the school, not the smartest kids who might be able to make the bottom of the roster. There can definitely be some leeway on the academic side, if the athletic side is positive enough, but ultimately its the admissions people who make the decisions on who gets in, not the coaches.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Plenty of horror stories of kids who thought they were in and then the coach suddenly can't get the ok from the admissions office. Usually means a better recruit came along, but still. You don't want your kid to be the one who bragged and then got dropped.

Likely letters come from the admissions office. Only a couple of D3 schools use them, Chicago being the best known, but the situation you describe doesn’t apply to a kid with a likely letter in hand.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Plenty of horror stories of kids who thought they were in and then the coach suddenly can't get the ok from the admissions office. Usually means a better recruit came along, but still. You don't want your kid to be the one who bragged and then got dropped.

Likely letters come from the admissions office. Only a couple of D3 schools use them, Chicago being the best known, but the situation you describe doesn’t apply to a kid with a likely letter in hand.

Many people on dcum like to cite the lore of Wesleyan and non-admittance of atheltic recruits last year. I have only ever heard this on dcum so it may be urban legend ..

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Plenty of horror stories of kids who thought they were in and then the coach suddenly can't get the ok from the admissions office. Usually means a better recruit came along, but still. You don't want your kid to be the one who bragged and then got dropped.

Likely letters come from the admissions office. Only a couple of D3 schools use them, Chicago being the best known, but the situation you describe doesn’t apply to a kid with a likely letter in hand.

Many people on dcum like to cite the lore of Wesleyan and non-admittance of atheltic recruits last year. I have only ever heard this on dcum so it may be urban legend ..

There's a long thread on College Confidential that discusses it.

[Anonymous]

it’s all well and good until your kid tears his ACL next week or a more promising athlete shows interest in the position or the coach overcommits his quota of athletes, or…

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Plenty of horror stories of kids who thought they were in and then the coach suddenly can't get the ok from the admissions office. Usually means a better recruit came along, but still. You don't want your kid to be the one who bragged and then got dropped.

Likely letters come from the admissions office. Only a couple of D3 schools use them, Chicago being the best known, but the situation you describe doesn’t apply to a kid with a likely letter in hand.

Just ask the coach how they like their new recruits to proceed with announcing the information on social media or anywhere else

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have a friend whose coach/school posted the info about their kid over the summer. I don't know if they asked permission before posting.

OP here. This. DS has clubs/coaches who will repost this stuff because, quite frankly, they can take some deserved credit....but the information will no longer be in DS's control.

I have three kids who were/are NESCAC recruited athletes. Definitely don't post before admission; as others have noted, sometimes things don't work out even after a likely letter. I've seen it (with a friend of one of my kids and it's ugly). And, to the extent that you can, please try to persuade your kid not to post at all.

+1. Besides, he will be able to brag after everyone else got their day, so it will be a day that belongs to him.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Plenty of horror stories of kids who thought they were in and then the coach suddenly can't get the ok from the admissions office. Usually means a better recruit came along, but still. You don't want your kid to be the one who bragged and then got dropped.

Likely letters come from the admissions office. Only a couple of D3 schools use them, Chicago being the best known, but the situation you describe doesn’t apply to a kid with a likely letter in hand.

Many people on dcum like to cite the lore of Wesleyan and non-admittance of atheltic recruits last year. I have only ever heard this on dcum so it may be urban legend ..

There's a long thread on College Confidential that discusses it.

This happened to a friend’s son. He was going, and then the offer was pulled. It’s not lore.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Plenty of horror stories of kids who thought they were in and then the coach suddenly can't get the ok from the admissions office. Usually means a better recruit came along, but still. You don't want your kid to be the one who bragged and then got dropped.

Likely letters come from the admissions office. Only a couple of D3 schools use them, Chicago being the best known, but the situation you describe doesn’t apply to a kid with a likely letter in hand.

Many people on dcum like to cite the lore of Wesleyan and non-admittance of atheltic recruits last year. I have only ever heard this on dcum so it may be urban legend ..

Wesleyan doesn’t issue likely letters. The kid at Wesleyan did not have one.

[Anonymous]

Which d3 schools offer likely letters?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Plenty of horror stories of kids who thought they were in and then the coach suddenly can't get the ok from the admissions office. Usually means a better recruit came along, but still. You don't want your kid to be the one who bragged and then got dropped.

Likely letters come from the admissions office. Only a couple of D3 schools use them, Chicago being the best known, but the situation you describe doesn’t apply to a kid with a likely letter in hand.

Many people on dcum like to cite the lore of Wesleyan and non-admittance of atheltic recruits last year. I have only ever heard this on dcum so it may be urban legend ..

There's a long thread on College Confidential that discusses it.

This happened to a friend’s son. He was going, and then the offer was pulled. It’s not lore.

To a school that had issued a likely letter?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Which d3 schools offer likely letters?

Chicago is the only one I have heard of.

[Anonymous]

Carnegie Mellon?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Omfg yes

You want people knowing your kid got in because he
S an athlete? That’s shameful not something you brag about

Really? DP. My son has a 4.0uw/4.6w at a tough private and a 35 first and only ACT attempt. In academic/non-athletic clubs as well, held a job, etc.

Newsflash: for many top schools (almost all Ivies)--you need to get into the school first before they consider you as a recruit/commit. They state this over and over again to all of the players. Many players can't play at these schools because they don't have the grades. For football and basketball it might be different, but for all other sports you need to come to the table with the grades to get in.

For the Ivies, you commit to the school and its admissions process before you're admitted (obviously), but you're right that it's not really over until you get the actual admissions letter. The process is no different for basketball or football (except their numbers are generally lower than that of the other sports).