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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lots of people jumping down OP’s throat but the reality is that all interactions with a school are in fact datapoints that we use to decide where to apply/attend. We had some bad experiences when applying schools and decided not to apply although on paper that school seemed like a great place for DCs. I don’t think a less than stellar convo with a coach would be a dealbreaker, but multiple meh interactions or impressions from the school might.

Best practice: Prioritize the academics being a good fit and then go from there. Learn as much as you can about all of the schools on your list, shadow, connect with actual families to get their download on the good and bad. With youngest DC we did ultimately opt not to apply to a school because of a coach because we had another option where we felt they would get equally good academic preparation for college and we liked the coach for their primary sport. DC was not a recruited athlete so we knew there were no guarantees going in but there were enough datapoints for the coach at the school where we didn’t apply. That decision however was made with significantly more info than a single convo. [/quote]

For all op knows, the coach’s dog might have died that morning. Op is majorly inflating the value of this single interaction.  Yes, it’s a data point, but it should be an insignificant one for a seventh grader who is a year out from applying and two years out from matriculating.  [/quote]

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