Anonymous
07/23/2025 23:42
Subject: ‘27 recruiting: advice from people who already went thru it?
Don’t rule out any team early on.
My son hated the first school we saw. It was raining, Coach was pretty blah, nothing excited him. I said to keep talking to that coach because I knew they really wanted him and I didn’t know how things would go.
In the end, he was deciding between two other teams and this coach from the first school asked for one final visit. He relented and after being there for 10 minutes, he said, “this is where I belong”. None of us saw that coming.
He needed to meet fellow swimmers and put them into context after seeing other schools.
You really don’t know how it will end up.
My son hated the first school we saw. It was raining, Coach was pretty blah, nothing excited him. I said to keep talking to that coach because I knew they really wanted him and I didn’t know how things would go.
In the end, he was deciding between two other teams and this coach from the first school asked for one final visit. He relented and after being there for 10 minutes, he said, “this is where I belong”. None of us saw that coming.
He needed to meet fellow swimmers and put them into context after seeing other schools.
You really don’t know how it will end up.
Anonymous
07/21/2025 08:29
Subject: ‘27 recruiting: advice from people who already went thru it?
Anonymous wrote:Parent of younger HS swimmer - is the basic short hand standard (understanding there are exceptions) still futures for top D3 schools (sectionals for smaller programs) and junior nats for D1 mid majors and trials cuts for power 5/top programs? And understanding you need grades at ivies and NESCACs and have to swim the stokes the roster needs anywhere.
Trying to set expectations with my kid. Thanks!!!
As someone who went thru it, yes. Good luck! You need very high rigor in classes at ivies- every coach asked child what their junior year classes were