"We think that if you choose our school and baseball program that you have the unique opportunity to step in and make an immediate impact as a freshman..."
Now, would a coach actually look a kid in the eye, with his parents sitting right there listening, and make this statement if there wasn't an element of truth to it? It's a great school (In fact, one of the "new Ivies" in another thread), my kid loves the coach and campus but these words sealed the deal for him. The coach has hand-carried a copy of his transcript to the admissions department to get a sort of "pre-approval". If the response from admissions is positive my son has decided to apply early decision, at the coach's request. Is this all happening too fast? The coach suggested early decision, basically to be sure my son was coming in so he can concentrate his recruiting efforts at some other positions and not worry about not having a solid catcher coming in. My son knows that early decision is a 4-year decision but he seems fine with that. Any opinions?
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