2019Dad posted:Twoboys posted:2019 Dad
Our 2017 visited Penn in the fall of his junior year, on a day off from school. Met with the RC as they had seen him at Stanford and had been in touch with him. Had a terrific meeting, RC mentioned coming to see him play in the spring since HS was only a few hours away. We knew they already had 3-4 "announced on PG" commits at that time, regional and local kids actually. Son had scores and grades. Did not ask where am I on board question as it was apparent they were very interested, and would want to see him play again, and planned to do so.
What we didn't know is later that same day after we were home, another kid announced his commitment on social media (friend of a friend saw it and passed it on), same position, same basic metrics that SAME DAY...
Son kept in close touch with them, coaches never came in the spring to see him play though. Did see Penn at Selectfest, Stanford and maybe WWBA or at least one other event but not sure how much they watched son, but they did stay in touch till the very end...never offered, just kept him around in the stable as I like to call it, in case maybe another recruit they really wanted fell through...
So to answer your question, Penn goes very early, as does Columbia. And don't forget Penn doesn't go to HF in the summer so they don't get that extra 1500+ boys to wade through. They also tend to add transfers to their incoming class.
These "early" commits likely already have test scores, or even PSAT scores that indicate they will hit the score they need on the SAT or ACT. The trend is earlier, not just for these two schools either.
And most of the Ivy commits do not announce this on PG. Some prefer to wait until they have their likely letter (not issued till fall of senior year) and some just do not use PG. There are more commits than announced on PG for sure. For example, 4 announced for Columbia on PG but 8 guys announced in incoming class, see http://www.gocolumbialions.com...amp;ATCLID=211660350 . You can see 2 are transfers...
Great info, thanks! Son took PSAT last October, but hasn't taken the "real" test yet. In your experience, do the the schools ever give a conditional offer? Like, "keep your GPA where it is and get X on the ACT, and you're one of our guys" and then it's up to the kid to achieve said score on the standardized tests?
Yes. A 2019 RHP(for whom the school knows much about) was told to keep his GPA at 3.65 and 30 ACT.