You better have him read it now. Because those conversations can happen before that date. My son's first offer was before he was a 9th grader. He had already committed before he was a junior. If you wait until then to have this conversation, he will be so far behind. But I'm not a fan of it's their journey let them make the decision on their own. I believe our role as parents is to help them along the journey. The final thing is their decision but our part is to guide them.