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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I saw a cople of college announcements coming in already at my kids HS. So far they are only athletic recruits. Does that mean they got their positive decision before writing any essays or filling out a common app? I thought recruited athletes still had to fill out an app and apply ED even with a verbal that the coach was going to support their app.[/quote]

Many non-Ivy D1 athletes are told to apply early August and then told by end of August that it's all official.  The coaches want their commits to not have an opportunity to reconsider.

If a kid is strong enough that they are still weighing offers (or possibly de-committing from one school to switch to another), then yes they are officially told within weeks that they are accepted whenever they apply.

I believe Ivy league still makes you wait until the official announcement like all others...though you are told verbally by the coach that in fact you are accepted so there is no surprise in mid-December.[/quote]

My D3 athlete committed in July and was told it was ok to announce.

The Ivys are not all the same. Penn will allow an early public announcement, but Princeton won’t. [/quote]

Nobody really cares if you announce you are committed.  Actually, all Ivy schools allow people to announce their commitments.  I mean, I can search a baseball recruiting website right now and tell you what which 2026 grads have announced their commitments to Princeton (5 of them BTW). [/quote]
Verbal commitments.  And I'm sure that there is a percentage - maybe small - that announce verbal commitments and don't make it through the admissions process. Admission may seem pro forma after a verbal committment but admission is not guaranteed. [/quote]

I doubt it.  I have never seen any Ivy athlete not get accepted who was committed in Fall of their senior year of HS.  I have known some where the coach de-committed and they never applied.  Well, I take that back…I knew one kid where they had applied in early September and they were verbally told they weren’t going to get admitted in time they could still ED elsewhere.  This was a kid who was committed based on a senior schedule that they subsequently changed to be much less rigorous when they actually applied.

I have never seen a committed Ivy athlete get surprised in mid-December with a formal rejection.[/quote]

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