JUCO offers

Perhaps alter the statement from "..but I would rather go to school B." to "..but I am interested in school B".  I think this would be less likely to come back and bite him with school A.  Then, if asked by B which he would rather go to, he can say he really likes B but costs are a factor.

My son faced a simular situation a couple of months ago.  When we visited school B the coach ask him if he had other offers.  Then he ask if anyone was putting pressure on him to sign.  We he said school A was he was offered an outstanding offer from School B.  Everything he said was true and I believe it is best to be truthful.  He signed with School B a few days later. 

update:   2013 went to school B and they told us that he would know what they are going to offer him this Wednesday.  School A is wanting to know what we are going to do..... how do we get school A to wait until we hear from school B ? 

School A must suspect we are waiting on something. We told school B that school A  was waiting to hear from us and there's also a school C  but internal to us it's not one we would go to but there is an offer from them.

What is the difference between JUCO Div. I and JUCO Div. III? Is the baseball as good? 

D1 and D2 offer athletic scholorships. D3 does not. That goes for both JUCO and NCAA levels. The way I look at it, talent is fairly close at all 3 JUCO levels.

Bacdor, Congrats to son on the options!  Perhaps an answer to school A should go something like this...

"I very much appreciate your interest in me and your offer and am strongly considering (school A) as my school of choice.  I have been fortunate enough to have multiple offers and want to make sure I am making the best decision.  I want to be respectful of your timeline.  My goal is to decide by the end of the week.  Is that reasonable?"

  The coach from school A called him today and asked him if he had other offers he was considering.  He said yes and that while it was a hard decision to make, he was going to make it by Thursday morning.

The dilemma,

School  A   He loves the coach  , they love 2013....  facilities are average and they have little academic money but are offering good baseball money for JUCO. returning 8 pitchers

School B   He likes the coach they lost 9 pitchers and he feels he would get some early opportunities ,  The baseball money is a little less but the academic money covers his tuition.  they have excellent facilities .......

I told him to think about what he wanted from the experience and go where he thought he had the best chance of that happening. and forgot about the cost.

Yeah, unless I'm missing something, if tuition is covered with either school, I would think the other expenses are minimal in the big scheme.  Unless it is still a hardship for the family, I would take money out of the equation.  He can work a few months over the summer and earn a couple thousand bucks to help with any remaining costs.  Son did this around summer college ball as did many of his friends.  He'll do so again this summer.

School A has no academic money other than the state lottery money.  2013 missed a deadline to apply.... but at the time we did not know he would even be considered for this school.  Lesson learned.

School B is larger and gives academic money to athletes..... 

Hopefully we will know something soon.  

I would take take money out of the equation.  Where does he want to go?  Then that's where he should go.  Back when I was in college and played sports (ran track) there was always some churn of teammates because some made the wrong decision up front.  Most of the time this was because they decided to follow the money for ego's sake and not take a look at where they really wanted to go to college.  If you make the wrong decision up front it could end up costing a year of eligibility.