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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid attended a summer camp for his sport at the high school.  The coach told my kid he’d love for him to play on his team and talked to DH one day when he picked him up from camp.  DH and he exchanged many emails after that time and I know the coach was in touch with the AD.  DS also got a call from the coach the night admission decisions went out encouraging him to attend and inviting him to visit and practice with the team.  I’m not sure how much the coach had to do with DS getting into the school, as our middle school sends many kids to this HS every year.  This is likely where DS would have ended up regardless.

My nephew was recruited by our HS for a different sport.  He went to a Catholic middle school that typically sends kids to Catholic HSs, rather than our independent school.  The coach called my BIL and invited them to a private tour. My nephew has previously been dead set on attending a particular Catholic school, but after meeting with the coach for two hours, the whole family fell in love with the school.  The coach and their family communicated steadily throughout admissions season.  Then come admissions decisions and nephew was WL.  He has better grades and test scores than my son who attends the school and was devastated.  BIL immediately called the coach, who was shocked.  The athletics head and a Board member of the school called my BIL and told him to be patient.  Shortly thereafter, the AD called, offered him a spot and $20K off of tuition (which they don’t need).  [/quote]

This sounds like someone in Admissions dropped the ball, which happens. But everything else you outlined regarding private tour, invitation to practice, and aid that the family didn't need sounds spot on. However, did they follow up with an acceptance letter and financial aid offer from Admissions and not just the AD? At some schools, ADs and coaches have put families (without the know or resources) in a real bind with offers that were non binding.[/quote]

Yes, the offer and $ offer came from Admissions (I meant Admissions Director, not Athletics Director).  The rumor was there was some type of battle between athletics and admissions bc many of the recruited kids didn’t get admissions offers last year.  Also, this was last year when our school had both a record number of applications and a higher than usual yield, which required the school to hire several new teachers to accommodate a larger than anticipated freshman class.[/quote]

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