Anonymous wrote:Op here. Yes, I said earlier he is being recruited.
By Georgetown and a ton of others. He just really wants to go to Georgetown.

Sounds like you are more than fine.

Op here. Yes, I said earlier he is being recruited.
By Georgetown and a ton of others. He just really wants to go to Georgetown.

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Anonymous wrote:So - op?
Is your kid being recruited or not?

It really doesn't matter. When it comes to football its not like Georgetown is Ohio State or Alabama. All OP needs to do is call and schedule time with the coach.

It does matter. Either the kid is good enough to play at that level or he isn't. Not to be cold about it, but high school hobbies can feel all consuming and important, but they don't always translate to a college career.

No, it really doesn't when you're talking about Georgetown.
Having navigated my 4 star recruit son through the D1 process I can tell you that if you think the only kids capable of playing D1 are only those on the coaches radar, you're wrong. There's areas of the country where there's virtually zero recruiting activity. There's schools that have no visibility to the recruiters, and high school coaches who have talented kids, but no clue how to help them navigate the process. Plus, we're talking Georgetown which, because they are a FCS school not BCS, don't have the big bucks and the same level of visibility as the schools that compete hard for a small group of recruits. Georgetown doesn't get the 5 star and 4 star recruits for football.
If OP's kid is half of what he claims the kid to be, he can get his tape to the coach, have a meet and greet, and practically be guaranteed to be on the roster. On top of that, it sounds like he's a good, all around kid so if I were OP I would get him in front of the coach ASAP and try to translate that into an admissions boost.

Yes. In that instance he would be recruited. What I'm saying - is if he isn't going to play ball for the school- it doesn't matter that his big EC was football. The schools cares if he's playing for them. If he isn't - it would be better to have a more well rounded student applying. I'm not talking about the actual process of recruitment. Of which I am familiar. Yes, a family can drum up interest in their kid. If the school wants him to play- he's in. If they aren't ... Then his application looks a little thin...

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Anonymous wrote:So - op?
Is your kid being recruited or not?

It really doesn't matter. When it comes to football its not like Georgetown is Ohio State or Alabama. All OP needs to do is call and schedule time with the coach.

It does matter. Either the kid is good enough to play at that level or he isn't. Not to be cold about it, but high school hobbies can feel all consuming and important, but they don't always translate to a college career.

No, it really doesn't when you're talking about Georgetown.
Having navigated my 4 star recruit son through the D1 process I can tell you that if you think the only kids capable of playing D1 are only those on the coaches radar, you're wrong. There's areas of the country where there's virtually zero recruiting activity. There's schools that have no visibility to the recruiters, and high school coaches who have talented kids, but no clue how to help them navigate the process. Plus, we're talking Georgetown which, because they are a FCS school not BCS, don't have the big bucks and the same level of visibility as the schools that compete hard for a small group of recruits. Georgetown doesn't get the 5 star and 4 star recruits for football.
If OP's kid is half of what he claims the kid to be, he can get his tape to the coach, have a meet and greet, and practically be guaranteed to be on the roster. On top of that, it sounds like he's a good, all around kid so if I were OP I would get him in front of the coach ASAP and try to translate that into an admissions boost.

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Anonymous wrote:So - op?
Is your kid being recruited or not?

It really doesn't matter. When it comes to football its not like Georgetown is Ohio State or Alabama. All OP needs to do is call and schedule time with the coach.

It does matter. Either the kid is good enough to play at that level or he isn't. Not to be cold about it, but high school hobbies can feel all consuming and important, but they don't always translate to a college career.

Anonymous wrote:So - op?
Is your kid being recruited or not?

It really doesn't matter. When it comes to football its not like Georgetown is Ohio State or Alabama. All OP needs to do is call and schedule time with the coach.

So - op?
Is your kid being recruited or not?

Back when I applied to Gtown (waitlisted but got in off the list pretty quickly - my stats likely not very relevant since this was a long time ago), you had to apply to the specific school within Gtown. Not sure if that's still the case, but if it is, it makes a big difference. PP providing their kids' stats need to provide the particular school they were rejected or WL to. All schools are tough, but when I was there, the College was the most competitive, and it was insanely competitive. I think SFS was next, followed by the Business school and Nursing last. Nursing was much easier to get into (relatively speaking) but you could not transfer out without first taking had to take a bunch of really hard science classes and you had to have a certain GPA. Most people I know that used Nursing to get in were unsuccessful in transferring out unless they real plan was to major in something preMed-ish.

Anyway, if you are being recruited, I expect the football coach will tell you how to handle all this. My recollection also is that the football players were in the business school, were smart and were not out of their league in terms of the academics. (The basketball players were another story.) Football was not a big deal at the school, but they weren't in D1 back then either.

OP, don't listen to the amateurs who have no idea about athletic recruitment. Yes, like a few who do know how it works-- if the coach wants your son and your son's name is on his list (he will likely get in well before the regular group of admits do. You just have to feel out the coach for where your son is on his list.

My dd was recruited to over 20 Div. I schools for rowing. They did "pre-reads" on her grades and scores to make sure she "cut the mustard". She only ended up having to send in one application when she knew she was getting into top Ivy.

Good luck!

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Anonymous wrote:Is he being recruited for football? Because if not sports gets pretty discounted. A friend of DCs was a star football player in MoCo recruited by a big 10 program. So pretty talented. He also did indoor and outdoor track (and won events) and had some non sport ECs. I think colleges will be expecting more than football. What has he done in the summers? Work, internships? it's not to late to try new things, which would probably benefit him in other ways.

Yes, he is being recruited. By lots, but this is the one he wants the most. I'll chat with him about an internship this summer, that seems like a good idea. He'd like to work, too. Hopefully he can find some firm willing to only have him in the later afternoons-football is all morning long all summer into early afternoon.

If he's being recruited and he's good enough to play for Georgetown, don't worry about silly little things like being a "member" of some club or another -- focus on supporting him in being the best player he can be. If he doesn't like football, he'll stop doing it, but given his GPA and his ability to test well, in addition to his athleticism, I think he'll be just fine.

The above is absolutely true. The key is that he is being recruited. If so, I would have him work on building a relationship with the Georgetown football coaches. With his projected stats, he will not have any problem getting into the school, provided he has the coaches support.

Is your kid actually being recruited?
My brother was a lack luster student, but got offers for full rides at schools I wasn't even dreaming about. It's not enough to be playing at a good school. Is he at Westfield? If he's being actively recruited his gpa/test scores are more than enough.
If he's not being recruited it doesn't matter that he's playing football. It Will mean nothing.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't believe a 3.7 will be high enough, even with an outstanding test score. Are his classes the most rigorous?

Yeah that's what I'm worried about. He's taken a couple honors but no AP. He's done the standard 4 years of language etc. college courses.

My kid had all honors classes and 4 APs with a 3.7 and 34 ACT. Had volunteer experience, competed on a varsity team, had two legacy parents and was rejected.

Wow with 2 legacy parents? Wow.

Mine didn't have the legacy parents but higher GPA, same SAT, twice as many APs (all 4s and 5s), 2 varsity teams (captain of one, top state level competitor in one), lots of other ECs including an internship and that got DC a waitlist (and ultimately a rejection).

It's tough, especially when your kid graduates from a top high school in the area.