During one of the weekly calls from a coach my son was asked "what percentage scholarship he expected to receive." He confessed that this caught him off guard and had to think about his response. Too little and he was leaving money on the table, to much and they might loose interest. He responded with 50%. This was from an out of state school that has consistently called each week during the summer. We were scheduled to make an official visit in a couple of weeks. Is there a better way to respond?
In one of the may posts -- we copied another parent’s suggestion of keeping a log book of all the conversations with each school. This helps us as parents to be kept in the loop and to offer suggestions for our son and to know where we are in the process with each school. Wonderful tool! You can tell at a glance when the last conversation was and what about. Also over time you can see patterns with frequency and tone.
We know that there are 5 schools that are discussing visits to their campuses either official or unofficial. So I am sure we will be asked the question again.
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It's the coaches job to make the offer and bartering for a scholarship is not a standard practice. So having you go first to name a $ figure has more of a downside than not. 
