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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son's athletic recruiting was way more stressful than my son that just filled out applications and was either accepted or not.

My son had multiple schools tell him his SAT required score since he had a 3.7 UW GPA. One was very high, he knew he would not get the score and that coach was actually very impressed that my son was honest with him and did not waste his time.

My son had coaches call, call, call then ghost. It was really quite insane and unprofessional. It would not have been a big deal to just say, nope we went with someone else. But instead, my son was honoring his word with that coach and not talking to some others. But once it was clear the coaches were not going to return his call, he moved on. But, it would have been nice to get a call/text/email... but nothing... just a ghost.

He had to have at least 15 phone interviews, many went well with kind of sort of maybe offers that did or did not pan out. He had a few calls where coaches are all in but then 3 weeks later ghosted him.

This was how they treated a 15/16 year old. It's was quite insane to me.

My other son, visit, GPA, tests, Naviance, essays, applications, then just wait. Could you imagine getting a letter, hey your in we love you... psyche, we chose someone else, or better yet, get a call you are accepted then they ghost you. It would never happen, but it happens with athletes. [/quote]

As a parent of athletes and nonathletes, I don't know why you weren't able to pivot and have him also do the regular admission process simultaneously with the recruiting. Everyone else I know has said recruiting was far easier than the application process for a non sports recruit. I don't mean this in a mean way at all but was your recruiting son on the cusp of the schools' needs? I definitely get that recruiting is a lot of work for the athlete, but it is not as high stress as having zero idea where you will get in to (provided you are actually recruited.)[/quote]

He could not go through the "regular process" because he was a 15 year old sophomore. He did have to go through the "regular admissions" because he was not recruited until Fall of senior year so all summer of senior year he acted like he was not going to be recruited. So he had an application process that was 3 years long.

When recruited he did have zero ideas of where he would get in. He thought school X had good academics for him and they were not top 10 so that was a good fit, until they got a new coach then they were top 10. Then he chose school Y, since academics were very important and they were ranked 20 (where his coach thought he had a good chance) he started talking to them, but the coach ghosted him for no apparent reason and they were not even that good.

He did official visits and non official visits which involve interviews with the coach, assistant coaches, etc. It's seems insane to me.

What I think people see is that #1 recruit who has a bunch of schools recruit him and he just picks. But that is not the case for most athletes.

The reality was that he was on the "cusp of their needs" in their assessment of a 15 year old. He ended up being a freshman starter and all American, but yes the coaches did not treat him that way during recruiting. By senior year he was on a full scholarship, which is extremely rare.

He was the 3rd to last person recruited from his club team and only 1 other kid from that team had any measurable playing time.

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