Early decision?

Son was a late decision, coach's request.

Son didn't apply to the college he ended up at until after the application due date. Coach put him in school

late decision.In August.Three days before school started.Now that was stressful!!

Coach called on a Tuesday,the following Tuesday we were driving down there with a truck load of stuff.

My son had unique circumstances. He was injured during the recruiting season. He was weak during his senior year of high school given he was playing three weeks after shedding the sling from surgery. The shoulder surgery followed five months of crutches and/or a knee brace. He was going to bulk up all summer, hold off starting college and do showcases in the fall and winter to enter college the following year. His hitting instructor, also a former college coach and current pro scout told him he was ready towards the end of August. The instructor made a call to the head coach of a college my son had applied and been accepted. They still gave him the half academic ride they offered the previous spring. My son had to redshirt last year since there weren't any roster openings after a pitcher was chosen from walk on tryouts. But he was warned about the possibility up front.

Wow, these are interesting stories. Shows there are many paths to the same place.

ED was son's best chance to be accepted into a very competitive, low acceptance engineering program, and secure his roster spot on baseball team (coach's strong recommendation).

Early decision, coach wanted all the freshman there June and July Semesters through the summer to start classes (get ahead of schedule) and workouts, and get use to the campus and each other. This also included 100% financial cost coverage for the two summer semesters!

All but one of the recruiters wanted son to apply early action. They all wanted to know that he passed through admissions with out a problem. HE was accepted to every school he applied to.

My son had one coach request that he apply early decision because of the difficulty to get accepted; however, we could not swing it financially. All other schools he applied as early action so we could at least filter out those he didn't get accepted at. (Didn't work since he was accepted at all of them.)

The school he chose to attend had been at the top of his D3 list for quite awhile (he had to go fishing in that D1 pond first). Great academics, high interest from the baseball coach, and great academic scholarship.

ED, coach's request. Nice to have an acceptance before senior year starts, though working on essays in July was NOT fun.