Offer made, now what?

Congratulations! If the school is the right school with the right fit, I think that is a great offer. If you are uncertain, maybe not so much. Make a list of pros and cons. It might help. It is early, but offers do not last forever. Best of luck.

Depends on what the other schools offer, if anything!

Its also depends on how expensive the school is, i.e. 25% at an in-state UC is the same as 50% at an out of state school once housing etc are factored in.

Congrats, and I agree it depends. If it is one of his top schools, is the right academic and athletic fit for him, you and he got the right feeling about the academics, the program and the coach and where your son would fit in that program. If the answer is yes to those questions, and you are happy with the scholarship package and you can swing the remainder of the 75 percent( hard to tell what academic $ will be)than yes.

When we were going through the recruiting process with our 2013 we had discussed what schools that he was interested in, and which would he want to commit early to. We looked at the cost of education, assumed the min 25 percent scholarship, and determined if we could swing it. When one of his top 3 made an offer we were done. This happened for him in January.

For our 2013 it was the greatest decision for him. He no longer had the pressure of having to perform, for us we saved a ton of money not having to travel this summer to tournaments, showcases etc.

Congrats and let us know what your family decides.

Sent you a private message!

And along the lines of keeping your grades up (not aimed @ your son MTdad)...

Saw a tweet recently on the PG website that a 2012 player that signed with a highly ranked academic D1 college DID not get admitted. I assume it was because of grades since it was only posted recently. Very sad at this late date.

Obviously don't know the details but if not admitted either grades were an issue or not having all the required classes for admission.

Keep your grades up - no senioritis allowed.

If it meets your son's athletic, academic and financial criteria you accept the offer in the time frame the coach suggests OR you keep looking for the school that does meet his crieria.

Since you have the verbal offer, now would be a good time to call Financial Aid or the Coaches Athletic Liason to work your numbers. You may also want to get more information about the academic scholarship requirements from the Admissions department. I would do a lot of research into the coach and his program as well.

Best of luck, and congrats on the offer!

Congratulations!

In the end, you're the only ones who will know if its a good offer or not.

Some facts:
* As a 2014, this IS an 'early' offer. Definitely earlier than most. Your son must be talented and its a signal that he is valued.
* Its to one of his top 5 D1's (according to you). Not a lot of baseball players get a shot at one of their 5 top choices.
* 25% is the minimum scholarship they can offer. They also coulda offered 0% with a guaranteed roster spot. Catchers sometimes get more, sometimes less. Some will disagree with me on this, but if this concerns you in any way, I would ask them about it. My view is they would rather you ask than make decisions without their answers.

Many D1's recruit a catcher every year. Ask them what their plan is for your son. Where do they see him on the depth chart as a freshman and down the line? Some very talented freshmen catchers can spend the entire year in the bullpen or on the bench. Its ok to show you have that knowledge and ask the coaches what the plan is for your son.

Once again, congratulations! Very special time for your family.

This is still very early for offers to come, and usually when they do come at this stage, it's to those who are considered at the forefront of their classes. So, it seems a bit off to me that they are putting only the minimum 25% on the table.

You say this is one of your son's top 5 schools. I read that to mean it's not his top choice. That being said, I think the first thing for your son (not you!)to do is let the coaches know how pleased he was to get the offer, but also how surprised he was. Let them know he wasn't really ready for that at this point, and that he remains very interested but he needs more time at this stage. Ask specifically if they need an answer by a specific date.

Then you start focusing on those other 4 schools. Work carefully on phrasing an e-mail so that you can let them know that you have an offer but you'd like to know if he is also under consideration there. Look into making more unofficial visits and see what comes of them.

Again, all such correspondence comes from your son, not from you as the parent.

Also bear in mind that as of Sept. 1 teams can e-mail with a 2014 player so once you send these out, as of next Saturday they can answer back.

the offer is actually 25 per cent plus when you figure jn academic money----good 0ffer