- Jul 4, 2014
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I am hoping to get some help from the resident experts about Recruiting Timeline for Ivies and D3s.
My daughter who is a freshman in high school has decided that her dream is to attend an academically rigourous D3 school but if the financial aid she receives is small, she'll then look at going to an Ivy. I realize that these are stretch goals. Without going into a whole lot of details about her academic ability, she's a very driven and hard-working individual with a career 4.0 / 4.0 gpa. Although a freshman, she's also taking a junior pre-calc class and has an high A in that as well. She'll be taking 3 APs in the sophomore year for a total of 12 by the time she graduates. She starts as pitcher but also plays outfield and 3rd base. She's a good softball player and plays on a highly competitive team. She's NOT Top Rank Powerhouse school D1 material nor does she want to go to a D1 or D2 school. She's only interested in attending an academically challenging college and play softball competitively. When not studying or practicing, she volunteers. She's won numerous academic and service awards and her university counselor has told her that she stands a very good chance at getting into one of the Ivies. She, on the other hand, is interested in going to one of the NESCAC schools so as to better prepare her for grad school.
She came to me a few days ago and told me that she's ready to start contacting coaches at these schools - NOT to be recruited at this time (because she knows that her being recruited is dependent on her getting accepted into these schools) - but she wants to reach out to them so that she can get on their radar and hopefully with feedback, she'll become the player that they want when it comes time to recruiting.
I think it's way too early to reach out to any of these schools. I fear that they'll get her info and stick it in a drawer and forget about it. What are you thoughts? Too early? Go ahead and email them? If yes, when's the best time? Everything I read says, "after sophomore year and during junior year". But she's never been one to follow the crowd. She thinks that waiting until everyone else does will mean she'll get lost in the crowd.
She's fully aware that there are contact limitations, ie. no in-person contact until after Jr year but she says that they can contact her via email or call her. I think she may be wasting her time.
If she were your daughter, how would you advise her? I'm at a complete loss. Thanks for your help!
My daughter who is a freshman in high school has decided that her dream is to attend an academically rigourous D3 school but if the financial aid she receives is small, she'll then look at going to an Ivy. I realize that these are stretch goals. Without going into a whole lot of details about her academic ability, she's a very driven and hard-working individual with a career 4.0 / 4.0 gpa. Although a freshman, she's also taking a junior pre-calc class and has an high A in that as well. She'll be taking 3 APs in the sophomore year for a total of 12 by the time she graduates. She starts as pitcher but also plays outfield and 3rd base. She's a good softball player and plays on a highly competitive team. She's NOT Top Rank Powerhouse school D1 material nor does she want to go to a D1 or D2 school. She's only interested in attending an academically challenging college and play softball competitively. When not studying or practicing, she volunteers. She's won numerous academic and service awards and her university counselor has told her that she stands a very good chance at getting into one of the Ivies. She, on the other hand, is interested in going to one of the NESCAC schools so as to better prepare her for grad school.
She came to me a few days ago and told me that she's ready to start contacting coaches at these schools - NOT to be recruited at this time (because she knows that her being recruited is dependent on her getting accepted into these schools) - but she wants to reach out to them so that she can get on their radar and hopefully with feedback, she'll become the player that they want when it comes time to recruiting.
I think it's way too early to reach out to any of these schools. I fear that they'll get her info and stick it in a drawer and forget about it. What are you thoughts? Too early? Go ahead and email them? If yes, when's the best time? Everything I read says, "after sophomore year and during junior year". But she's never been one to follow the crowd. She thinks that waiting until everyone else does will mean she'll get lost in the crowd.
She's fully aware that there are contact limitations, ie. no in-person contact until after Jr year but she says that they can contact her via email or call her. I think she may be wasting her time.
If she were your daughter, how would you advise her? I'm at a complete loss. Thanks for your help!
