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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How do athletics fit into the admissions process? Do parents contact the coaches in advance of applying to determine if DC has the skills and athleticism in desired sport to make the team (for example, basketball). I realize some schools "recruit" athletes but with a vast number of local travel teams,  I suppose the coaches would know of several top players.[/quote]

For kids who are being recruited, the coaches have likely already identified the kids they will recommend to admissions by the summer before 8th grade. To get in the loop on a particular sport, many of the schools have summer sports camps run by the coaches (not sure what is happening this summer, but some schools are definitely proceeding). Those are a good idea for the coach to get eyes on your kid before school starts. There are no guarantees they will make the team and the WCAC is tough in many sports, even for long time travel kids, but that is usually at the varsity level. There are normally freshman/JV teams that are not as competitive to make.[/quote]

That isn't true for all schools, nor for all sports. Also some sports are number sports, and they don't need "eyes" on the kid. [/quote]

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