Anonymous wrote:hearing the DIII NESCACS are harder to get in over most Ivies!

Academic bar at the top NESCACs can be higher than for the Ivies.

It happens. Between Mens and womens lax, probably 5-7 commits probably fail their Ivy pre-reads each year. The difference you will know in July/August if you didn't get in usually, you don't have to wait until December.

If a player is on the bubble academically
and can’t get across the goal line, that’s on the player (not the coach).

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Anonymous wrote:Coaches don’t change their minds this late in the process. The lax community is small and coaches know their commits would never trust them if they engaged in such behavior.

A last minute rejection, well after all the pre reads and interviews have been completed, means something unexpected was flagged to the admissions dept. A late transcript discrepancy or essay issue is my guess.

sure they do. they let admissions give the bad news and move on.

Losing players at the 11th hour (when the rest of the recruit class is fully committed) makes a coach’s life harder, not easier. A coach has no incentive to do this.

its only 11th hour to the player. the coach already know.

Kids flip for various reasons, and these are often not the reasons people think they know or gossip about. Most players are not being recruited by Ivy League schools, Stanford, or MIT—maybe one-two a year from the DMV. Every player moves on and figures it out. It is usually not the end of the world, and they land a spot somewhere else.

Although most are just commitment flips, even some mentioned here were flips, not Early Decision situations or cases of receiving an Early Decision rejection letter, as this post implied. It would be different if kids were getting rejected and then left without a roster spot, but that is not the outcome of any commitment flips or admissions that do not pan out for kids around here. Good luck to all the 2027 and 2028s! The recruiting journey can be unpredicatable and interesting.

Anonymous wrote:Very rare. If the an academics are not a match for the school most coaches will not make an offer or will suggest a PG year. I am not aware of any local boys over the last 5 years where this has happened.

It happened to a local kid last year. Was “committed” to an Ivy and was basically told you’re not getting in and he ended up flipping.

JJust know that being committed to any school does not guarantee admission to any school, especially an Ivy League, Stanford, MIT, etc. The majority of players around here will not be recruited to those high academic schools, so this is not a widespread concern. Good luck even getting recruited- only 3% of players even make it D1.

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Anonymous wrote:Coaches don’t change their minds this late in the process. The lax community is small and coaches know their commits would never trust them if they engaged in such behavior.

A last minute rejection, well after all the pre reads and interviews have been completed, means something unexpected was flagged to the admissions dept. A late transcript discrepancy or essay issue is my guess.

sure they do. they let admissions give the bad news and move on.

Losing players at the 11th hour (when the rest of the recruit class is fully committed) makes a coach’s life harder, not easier. A coach has no incentive to do this.

hearing the DIII NESCACS are harder to get in over most Ivies!

Yes, always go where you are wanted and cast a wide net do not limit recruiting to just D1. Make sure check out DIII and DII schools too!

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Anonymous wrote:Coaches don’t change their minds this late in the process. The lax community is small and coaches know their commits would never trust them if they engaged in such behavior.

A last minute rejection, well after all the pre reads and interviews have been completed, means something unexpected was flagged to the admissions dept. A late transcript discrepancy or essay issue is my guess.

That is why at Ivies or high academics are so difficult to get in… Glad all these kids found spots! There were lots of changes on boys and girls 2026 class all over the country so it happens every year. The good thing is looks like all the ones I saw Yale to Brown, Harvard to Penn, Penn to UVA got in on ED at the school they switched commitments to based on the schools HS college decision instagram page. There are many more but those are the ones I knew switched commitments.

Not hard if they really want you.

Anonymous wrote:Coaches don’t change their minds this late in the process. The lax community is small and coaches know their commits would never trust them if they engaged in such behavior.

A last minute rejection, well after all the pre reads and interviews have been completed, means something unexpected was flagged to the admissions dept. A late transcript discrepancy or essay issue is my guess.

sure they do. they let admissions give the bad news and move on.

Ivies you commit to the admissions process not just commit to the school and they let you in.