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[quote=Anonymous][quote] What advice would those of you who have been through the d3/nescac recruiting process give to high school juniors - what specific questions should they be asking coaches? my dc is in early stages of this for his sport and is trusting what he is being told by coaches, but also likely isn’t asking them the precise questions to avoid being caught unawares like perhaps is what happened to the Wesleyan prospectives. Thanks for any advice, as it will all be very helpful if/when he decides to which college to apply via ED.[/quote]

Kid should ask coach where they stand in terms of level of support being offered (there are different levels) vs other recruits.  Also ask “what percentage of kids with stats similar to mine who you have supported have been admitted?  What percentage have not been admitted?”  In my kid’s case, the coach where kid ended up applying ED said that in x years, not one kid with similar stats who coach supported has not been admitted.  That felt like certainty to us.  Another NESCAC coach (who recruited kid starting 10th grade) was much more ambiguous - said something to the effect of “we want a class of 8 players, you are in that group, our job is to decide how to allocate support to get you all in.”  My kid had high stats and we worried that coach would basically hope kid could get in on kid’s own without a “slot,” and we knew other kids at that school where that didn’t work.  Kid decided not to roll the dice there.[/quote]

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