recruited Athletes waiting on admissions decision?

TrackMomof2 said:
JOEKEN said:
My DS also. I think the waiting is harder on us parents than the kids.
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DEFINITELY!
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MY DD recently has been recruited to CGA for Class entering 2020 and this thread is definitely concerning. Sounds as if the coach's don't have as much say with admissions as other programs. Would you mind sharing stats? My daughter would be turning down other offers at Div 1 programs to accept this opportunity.
 
smiledr6 said:
TrackMomof2 said:
JOEKEN said:
My DS also. I think the waiting is harder on us parents than the kids.
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DEFINITELY!
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MY DD recently has been recruited to CGA for Class entering 2020 and this thread is definitely concerning. Sounds as if the coach's don't have as much say with admissions as other programs. Would you mind sharing stats? My daughter would be turning down other offers at Div 1 programs to accept this opportunity.
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The fact that certain people haven't yet received an offer of admission yet shouldn't be of concern. All offers haven't been released yet. The admission decision at CGA for a recruited athlete will always be primarily based upon their candidate profile. The fact that a person is a recruited athlete is not a guarantee of admission - no one other than admissions can say exactly how much pull a coach has, and the amount of pull an individual coach has may depend on the sport. A weak candidate, even if they are a recruited athlete, may not make it through admissions. That being said, if your daughter has a strong profile and a coach pulling for them, they shouldn't have an issue. The coach should be able to advise how strong a candidate they view your daughter to be.

Speaking generically and not about the people who have posted in this thread, the other word of caution I would give is that not everyone who thinks they are a recruited athlete is actually a recruited athlete - if your daughter has been recruited at the D1 level, I'm sure you know what I mean. Everything on the internet should be read with a major dose of salt.
 
From what I understand USCGA acceptance rate is about 15%. I understand for recruited athletes (football) that increases to about 33%. So being a recruited athlete improves your chances of acceptance but doesn't guarantee it.
 
sanman said:
From what I understand USCGA acceptance rate is about 15%. I understand for recruited athletes (football) that increases to about 33%. So being a recruited athlete improves your chances of acceptance but doesn't guarantee it.
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or the football coach recruits better candidates than the average. There's a lot of variables in an admission decision - I don't think you can attribute a recruit's admission percentage being higher than a non-recruit's solely to his or her recruitment status. I don't know where you are getting 33% from for recruited football players. I would bet that the percentage of admission for every sport among the kids who are truly recruited is much higher than 33%. Also, if you take out the recruited athletes, the admission percentage of the non-recruits is much lower than 15%. They are really only competing for about half the spots. When you break those spots down further by gender and race, you get a better idea of how many spots are actually available to any one individual candidate.
 
Korab said:
sanman said:
From what I understand USCGA acceptance rate is about 15%. I understand for recruited athletes (football) that increases to about 33%. So being a recruited athlete improves your chances of acceptance but doesn't guarantee it.
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or the football coach recruits better candidates than the average. There's a lot of variables in an admission decision - I don't think you can attribute a recruit's admission percentage being higher than a non-recruit's solely to his or her recruitment status. I don't know where you are getting 33% from for recruited football players. I would bet that the percentage of admission for every sport among the kids who are truly recruited is much higher than 33%. Also, if you take out the recruited athletes, the admission percentage of the non-recruits is much lower than 15%. They are really only competing for about half the spots. When you break those spots down further by gender and race, you get a better idea of how many spots are actually available to any one individual candidate.
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I got the 33% from someone within USCGA.
 
sanman said:
Korab said:
sanman said:
From what I understand USCGA acceptance rate is about 15%. I understand for recruited athletes (football) that increases to about 33%. So being a recruited athlete improves your chances of acceptance but doesn't guarantee it.
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or the football coach recruits better candidates than the average. There's a lot of variables in an admission decision - I don't think you can attribute a recruit's admission percentage being higher than a non-recruit's solely to his or her recruitment status. I don't know where you are getting 33% from for recruited football players. I would bet that the percentage of admission for every sport among the kids who are truly recruited is much higher than 33%. Also, if you take out the recruited athletes, the admission percentage of the non-recruits is much lower than 15%. They are really only competing for about half the spots. When you break those spots down further by gender and race, you get a better idea of how many spots are actually available to any one individual candidate.
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I got the 33% from someone within USCGA.
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If true, that's abysmally low. I know its much higher for my DC's sport, or at least it was last year. I take back what I said about the football coach recruiting better candidates than average.
 
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Hi I’m new here my son just received a denial and he received a letter he was a recruited athlete end of last summer . So does that mean reapply next year ?
 
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