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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Use swimcloud (pay for the upgraded account) to find out where your DS stands with other teams and this team (I think generally you want to target schools where he/she could be in the top 3 of their main strokes). My DS will swim D1 in the fall and also hit puberty really late, so he does need to talk about his swim goals in these calls.

I listened in on the calls with the first few coaches he spoke with so that I could help him be more clear in some of his responses. Have a list of questions you want to ask all coaches. And as PP said above, at the end, ask what the next step is. Good luck! These calls are great interview experience for kids.[/quote]

OP here. We have and use Swimcloud but I wonder how to predict if he’d be in the top 3 because his college swimming debut is over 2 years away.

He’s already in top 3 for a lot of D3 schools and I’m wondering if that won’t be a good fit for him by the time he gets there. (Though I just want him to get into a good school he loves and if the swim team isn’t the best he could gotten into  - it’s ok.)

One mid major D1 (my alma mater) would have had him in top 3 several months ago and then that team was awarded one of the most improved teams this year and he’d now be around 6th for most strokes. I guess they’ve put some energy into recruiting better swimmers lately but my son is no longer a shoo in there

I guess coaches know how to predict where he will fit in down the road better than I do.

I’m wondering how many of these schools that seem like a reach academically will work out. My son’s grades are good (4.0 uw for now but I sense it will be lower next year) but he has ADHD and his SATs may not be great and his extra curricular are limited because of how much time swimming takes. [/quote]

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