Do You Need Help With the Recruiting Process?

Here are a series of relevant questions you need to ask and answers you need to find as your son begins the recruiting process. 

  

We have compiled over the course of nine years numerous critical questions that must be considered during the recruitment process.

  

However diligently a family researches the issues, it is extraordinarily difficult to understand fully all the issues and the factors to be considered as they relate to your specific situation.

  

Here is a sample of the issues and questions. How many can you answer?
 

What is the definition of a slot?

  

How does the slotting process work?

  

What is an index builder?

  

What is a band as it relates to slotting?

Do coaches recruit for specific positions or athleticism?

  

Are the admissions standards within Ivy League schools different?

  

How early can my son commit to a school?

 

How important are junior days?

  

What is E.D. II? What schools offer this?

  

What do I do if a coach is recruiting my son and he leaves for another school?

  

What Is the significance of schools now recruiting kids from the Midwest/West?

  

What if the coach of the school we're interested in has not seen our son play?

  

How do my personal finances affect scholarship money?

  

What is the Ivy League Index? Why is it so important?

  

What is the significance of E.D. I in the application process?

  

How important is the alumni interview process?

  

What about college club lacrosse ?

  

What is a P.G. year and why are so many kids choosing this option?

  

Will schools accept A.C.T. scores instead of S.A.T. scores?

When choosing a prep school, can you assume that attending certain schools will increase the chances of being admitted to an IVY League or a N.E.S.C.A.C.?

  

Do prep school coaches have any influence with respect to the admissions process?

  

Do coaches have the option of utilizing a legacy slot ?

  

Do coaches have the option of utilizing a diversity slot?

  

What if my son has a learning disability?

Should we make the coach aware of this?
 

What is the role of the athletic liaison?

  

What is a pre-read?

 

What role does our high school guidance counselor play?

  

What role does our high school coach play?

  

What role does the coach of our travel team play?

  

How many recruiting camps/tournaments does my son need to attend?

When should we consider a repeat year?

  

What is the difference between an official visit and an unofficial visit?

  

What is a likely Letter? Which schools offer this?

  

What if my son wants to play two sports in college? Is this an advantage?

  

If we have friends who are alumni or board members at a school our Son is considering, should we reach out to them in an effort to help our son?

  

Should we send out a full game DVD or just highlights?

  

What is a gap year?

  

How do we determine the level of academic support a particular school offers to athletes?

  

Do we limit our search if our son is intent upon a particular major, i.e., business, engineering, medicine?

  

Will the recent economic downturn affect the amount of financial aid, or scholarship money offered to recruited athletes?

  

  

There is no score for how many you got right and how many you got wrong. The point is that having a good working knowledge of these issues is key to getting the best setting of academic and athletic outcomes for your son or daughter.  You wouldn't buy a house knowing nothing about it. Don't enter this process unprepared and uninformed.