What's Next?

Hi estateadv and welcome to the HSBBW. Never sit back and wait.

You should still be actively pursuing your top 5 college choices. It is also a good idea to write the recruiting coordinator at the school you just visited. Also write the recruiting coordinator at the school you are planning to visit. In both letters ask for an appointment to meet with the recruiting coordinator and tour their facilities (especially if you are not attending a camp or showcase at the time of your visit). IMHO, it is always a good idea to visit the school and talk with the coaches and let them know you are really interested in attending their school.

GOOD LUCK to your son.

Good advice from AL MA 08. Ask your son to send them an email very soon to confirm his interest. He should ask for tickets to upcoming games this Spring and use those visits to talk with the coach(es) after the game...at least a "Hi coach!"

Mutual interest from the player will keep their interest going.

Good luck! (And welcome to the HS Baseball Web ).

Congratulations on the interest your son has received! Getting pulled aside during a camp is a very positive sign that your son is a legitimate prospect for this school.

Definitely have your son contact the asst. head coach. If the asst. head coach was not the recruiting coordinator, have your son contact the recruiting coordinator as well. An email would probably be preferable to a snail-mail letter, in that it will be easy for them to reply to your son if they desire to do so. Have your son express thanks for the opportunity to come to the camp and become familiar with the school, its baseball program, and the coaches. If he's very interested in attending that school, he should say so and give the reasons. He should also let them know that he'll be sending them his playing schedule for both the spring and summer seasons. Then have him follow up periodically with them via email to let them know of upcoming games, recent statistics, achievements during individual games, honors that he receives, etc.

Best wishes to your son!

The first and most important thing I think here is to make sure your son is prepared for his Sat's.
If he is a junior right now, most likely he will taking the test in May and June. My son is a graduating senior at the moment, took Sat's last year, and did not score well. I paid big $$ for Sat tutors, and thought he was prepared. Now looking back, his biggest regret is not studying like he knew he should have. Has two DII seriously looking at him at this moment, one school the Sat score seems to be a major factor, the second school
is taking just his grades into consideration, which are low 90's for this first and second marking period. After the Sat talk and hiring a private tutor, I would send letters of introductions, thankyou's, transcripts, letters of recommendation to keep the door open, and make sure the coach remembers your son's name. Hope that helps!
(wish I would have found this site when my son was a junior) Good luck, it's a ride!!

Just for the record, all SAT/ACT tutors are not the same. We used two. Son had already taken the ACT with no tutor, so we had a baseline. The first tutor showed zero improvement on test scores, with two tests taken during her tutoring tenure.

Second tutor showed a dramatic increase in scores, in one category, 5 points, which on a ACT is HUGE! The composite score went up 4 points, again a dramatic increase.

The first tutor was a person that "specialized" in these tests. The second, was just an english teacher at my sons HS. Son had her during freshman year and liked her. We went to the HS and asked the guidance counselor for a list of teachers that provided private ACT tutoring. When we got that list we went over it with the son to pick a teacher who he responded well to and liked. Those simple steps provided extrodinary results for us.

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Have your son call him and thank him for the time he took to speak with him and then follow with a email


All things are positive at this time