I’ve been reading this board for a year or so now, and have greatly appreciated the group’s insights and expertise. My son is a 2020 LHP / 1B. He just attended Headfirst in CA and will be heading to Showball in mid July. We are trying to navigate recruiting for the next few weeks/months - and I have a few questions.
Pre-reads: do all HA schools do them - D3 and D1? I read another thread saying if the school hasn’t done a pre-read then they’re not really interested. Does a pre-read simply give the coach a sense of whether the player would get in - or does it have any significance when (if) the actual application is submitted later?
My son has had several schools say they’d like to do pre-reads. For a couple of the schools he probably isn’t interested - or they’re much lower on his list. Should he decline the pre-read since he’s likely not interested in that school or is it good to keep the door open? We want to be respectful of their time but he’s also trying to see where things go with the schools near the top of his list.
What does it really mean to have an offer from a D3? Is it different if it is a HA D3 where they don’t have pull with admissions? Or a D1 without scholarship?
Thanks in advance for your help. This is a new world for us and I appreciate being able to benefit from your experiences.