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[quote=Anonymous]I agree with the poster above about it mattering the sport.

In general- I wouldn't expect anything from a HS coach. Most of them have no idea or don't care about college recruiting.

Things we learned junior year:
1. Register with the NCAA- some of the school questionnaires ask for the profile eligibility number.
2. Figure out schools that your kid is interested in going to- like is the sport really important or do they want to use the sport to open doors.

3. When you do an official visit- they will lay out the financials. Some schools will offer money for books and some will offer a lot more. Also sport dependent.

4. Also- sport dependent but social media can be important. Create an account that easily identifies the athlete and follow schools and athletes at those schools if there is an interest.

5. Some college coaches are great with communication- some are not. When replying to email- include the whole thread. They have a lot of athletes and it helps keep track.

6. Work on an email that talks about highlights- grades, sports, etc... Three to four sentences like an elevator pitch.

7. We created a spreadsheet to track contact and where our kid was in the process.[/quote]

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