Parents of recruited athletes. Have they committed yet?

[Anonymous]

DP. Dc is in a sport that IME commits later, but as a senior, we are still trying to hold off. Unlike some posters, we are trying to navigate the best financial offer (merit, not FA) we can so that’s a large part of it. All offers (informal and otherwise) are from d3 schools, and dc is still holding out some hope of d1 too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am curious...are D1 commits taking any steps to ensure they aren't dropped at the last minute?

I know baseball, and personally know 4 D1 commits dropped by the college in October/November of their senior year...or worse, told their kid is no longer on the team when they show up in August.

The transfer portal is just completely screwing up everything, where the coach doesn't know how successful they were in the portal until August...and then it usually means they drop HS commits if they were too successful.

I would advise asking specifically how many of the previous year’s high school recruiting class ultimately made the spring roster and how many transferred in and out. There are very few D1 programs left that aren’t over recruiting high school while at the same time either gaining or losing a lot of players in the portal. It is unfortunate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:April of junior year.

With money?

No. D3 -- kid was chasing academics.

[Anonymous]

I think sport matters here too. Track commits can be junior year but a lot of them wait to commit until fall of senior year. The Class of 2026 is announcing now and 2027 is doing official visits

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DP. Dc is in a sport that IME commits later, but as a senior, we are still trying to hold off. Unlike some posters, we are trying to navigate the best financial offer (merit, not FA) we can so that’s a large part of it. All offers (informal and otherwise) are from d3 schools, and dc is still holding out some hope of d1 too.

Have you asked for merit pre-reads from the schools that offer merit aid? A couple of the schools offered this either at time of offer or after if we requested.

In our experience, it was difficult to get “perfect information” from all schools while keeping all offers open. But my kid’s sport wrapped up most commits by end of summer before senior year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, committed junior fall. Luckily still wants to go 😂

Wow! Congrats to your DC.

[Anonymous]

DD committed July 1 after junior year to a top NESCAC. Definitely is sport dependent, but in DD’s sport, all the supported slots are offered and accepted on July 1. There was no time for waffling back and forth. You are lucky to have time, but make sure you know if there’s a time limit if the coach has offered a supported slot.
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