Interestingly, this happened to us. DD and coach (let's call it school A) had been chatting for a while and Coach A really liked DD. However, School A wasn't DD's top choice. So when Coach A offered DD a spot on the roster, we called Cathi Aradi and asked for her advice. She asked if Coach...
Agree 100% based on our experience. There were several schools where DD was communicating with coaches right until they departed. Not once did the coach reveal that they were leaving. Rule of thumb: Fall in Love with the school, not the coach, not the SB program. Ask yourself, would you...
Sorry if this is a dumb question. But DD and I were having a conversation the other day and she asked, "Should we look at buying all new equipment, ie. Glove, Bat, Batting Gloves, Cleats, etc when I go to college or do you think the school will provide some / all of this gear?" Does anyone...
Don't give up. If that's where she wants to go, she'll find a way to get herself there.
Just a couple of tips when DD took the ACT. The first time DD wrote it was December of her sophomore year. She did an ACT prep program. When she wrote the diagnostic for the first time (without having...
We did our research and finally settled on Cathi Aradi. Reasons were as follows:
1.) She's very knowledgeable and approachable. I could call her anytime of the day to pick her brain and she'd always have time for me. And she knows what she's talking about.
2.) She's as honest as the day...
I thought I would share my dd's college search and recruiting story.
DD knew early on that she wanted to play softball in college. She was looking for a very small school where she could play softball but not have it consume all of her time. She wanted a suburban school with opportunities...
Just an update.
DD visited School A and LOVES the school and can see herself going there. On a scale of 100, she rates it 99.9. She's still very much in-love with her top choice (School B). She rates that 100/100. School B watched her play recently and wants her on her team...
D3 - so no NLI involved. But we believe that if we give a verbal commitment, we should be prepared to follow through with our commitment. Otherwise, her integrity would be on the line. In short, I guess we're not prepared to commit at this time, but how do we tell the coach that we're not...
Div 3. For us and for dd, school supersedes softball any day. It's about getting her into the school that will best prepare her for the future. The difference with School A and School B is School A is located in a remote location, nearest large city is small in comparison to School B. We can...