recruited Athletes waiting on admissions decision?

I have another question. Does anyone know of any self prep schools that offer lacrosse ? Thinking of self prepping vs going with an instate school for a D2 scholarship vs attending a Martime academy where he was offered the highest academic award? The least expensive option is to attend the local college w a D2 scholarship and academic $ , but would love to send him to a prep school that has at least club lax vs sending him to a Maritime academy and playing d3 lax which is the most expensive option. Would the extra money spent at a Martime academy help him equivalently to doing a self prep or how could he reapply in the fall for next year and still be competitve for next year by going to a local university and playing lacrosse?
 
For the two USCGA scholars program schools, MMI and GMC, neither offer lacrosse. USCGA lacrosse recruits who need a prep year usually attend the US Naval Academy Prep School, which there is no self prep option for. In my opinion, I would take the D2 scholarship and ensure your class schedule mirrors a 4 C schedule at Coast Guard. Also I would take and ACT/SAT prep course over the summer and then retake the early fall ACT/SAT. The important thing here is (1) showing you can succeed doing college level work and (2) improving your file by getting higher ACT/SAT and PFE scores.
 
Just to add to this thread and confirm some earlier comments....if you are truly a recruited you would know it. My son is and we absolutely have known it every step of the way. And yes, you can be a recruited athlete and not make it through admissions...just like any other school. And just like any other school it depends on the sport and how high up the recruited chain as to how much "pull" a coach may have. Advice for any future recruits is to contact the coach directly and personally...and constantly.

As a foot-note, UN-like any other school there is a "small" matter of DODmerb. A recruited athlete, like any other applicant, has to make it through the same maze of the DOD medicals...and as our family knows, that is no small task. And no coach has any power over THAT variable in this process.
 
if you are truly a recruited you would know it.

DS was a recruited athlete, but it was very subtle. We received a letter from the coach, after the BFE, and in the first paragraph there was a sentence starting out, "As a recruited athlete ...". Until then all we knew was that the coach knew he wanted to participate at USCGA.

Your athletic ability is only a small part of the whole process.
 
if you are truly a recruited you would know it.

DS was a recruited athlete, but it was very subtle. We received a letter from the coach, after the BFE, and in the first paragraph there was a sentence starting out, "As a recruited athlete ...". Until then all we knew was that the coach knew he wanted to participate at USCGA.

Your athletic ability is only a small part of the whole process.

Completely agree. My son has met a couple of coaches on more than one occasion. They always say they want him but stress they have very little influence on the admissions process.
 
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