@SpeedDemon posted:Just gonna put it out there, not trying to be a jerk or create hard feelings:
The more skilled your son is, the lower his test scores and grades can be (although there are limits) even for the highest academic schools, and if he projects elite he’ll have offers while an underclassman in HS.
You are 100% correct. However, there are a handful of D3 HA schools that are not able to bend. The coach can put his stamp on a kid, but he will still need the 1500+ SAT and super high GPA.
Most of the kids you’re probably referring to are likely not considering D3. The Ivies do get some stud players that committed as juniors. Heck, maybe even sophomores.
Like I mentioned previously, some might consider Patriot League schools HA while others are thinking Caltech, Chicago, MIT. Is Stanford HA? Yep! They commit kids as underclassmen and they have some academic flexibly. A kid good enough for Stanford isn’t going to look at Caltech. Schools like Duke, UVA, Stanford, etc. do not need to wait until after the junior year like others do. If a kid projects at that level he will get offers from them.