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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was a recruited athelet when I was considering schools years ago, so I think it was the coaches who set up my visiting with a team member on campus and then attending practice. Basically, I did am overnight and attended classes, shadowed a student.

Do people do this still? Or common/appropriate to reach out to a friend-of-a-friend and ask if they will host? I can't imagine a better way to get a sense of not just **a** school, but schools in general. I also guess it has to be NOT during the summer.[/quote]

It's certainly a great way to learn about a school you are interested in. You get to mingle with other students, take classes, try out the dining hall, check out the dorms, etc.

My daughter was a recruited athlete and did overnights at several schools. Once she began university, her coach asked her to host "prospies" (prospective additions to the team), who stayed with her, slept in her dorm, went to meals and classes with her, etc. The coach provided some training about how to treat the prospie, such as the prospie, who was always a high school kid, was to be protected from having any sort of sexual relationship with adult students.

I think the training requirement is why overnights for non-recruited students are not so common. For recruited athletes, the coach provides that training and helps take care of the prospie. For non-athletes, I don't know who would fill that role. [/quote]

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