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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our son committed to his D1 school in February of his junior year. We asked the coach if he was guaranteed admission. The one word answer was “yes.” Our son went through the motions and filled out the application. He was admitted.[/quote]

Did he say yes, before he saw his transcript?[/quote]

He sent them his grades. They weren’t worried. They had his PSAT as well. They had 10+ conversations on Zoom. There were no mysteries.[/quote]

Yea coaches can scan grades and know if it will go through admissions. [/quote]

I'd like to point out to people who think "athletes have it easier"... this student (as an example) had 10+ interviews with the coaches over Zoom (and most student do this with multiple coaches), in addition to performing in front of them, creating highlight tapes (usually), sending emails, getting rejections, traveling distances to be at tournaments the coaches attend, etc.

So it's nice to know early but it's not "easier". [/quote]

I mean...it's a different kind of harder and easier.  Getting the coach to want to commit to you was harder, but the actual application and admittance was far easier than a typical applicant.

It's also a different story again for strong athletes in football, basketball, baseball and softball.  If you go look at an AAU team like Team Durant, every single kid on the 17U team has 10+ D1 offers.  It's one of the top AAU teams in the country, so it's no surprise.[/quote]

The application process is different and harder than filling out the application and writing essays.

Okay about Team Durant, but what about Team "nobody"... those kids are writing emails, calling coaches, traveling to tournaments, walking up to coaches they don't know and trying to get their ear, writing more emails, taking phone calls from coaches who tell them they are great then getting ghosted.

If the admissions department called your student and said we saw your application and we love you only to have that admissions officer realize a few more good apps showed up and they no longer like you and ghost you and refuse your phone calls and you are 15 years old, your head would explode. [/quote]

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