Was NU ever in the running for Amir Coffey?
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no - and a funny story about that. the parents were at NU to watch his sister play and they told the CCC staff that Amir is not quite into academics like his sister is is a laughing and joking fashion.
they knew he wasn't quite that caliber.
Haywood, when does the staff look at a high school transcript as part of the recruiting process?
I assume there are several reviews of grades during the entire process, but when is that first checkpoint when the staff makes a go-or-no-go decision?
Is the staff very engaged with a family before they look at grades, or is it an early part of the process before they get to know a family?
Also, is admissions part of that early process? Or do they simply get a thumbs-up/down approval near the end?
After two years, did both the Carmody and Collins staffs have a pretty good idea of the academic requirements needed? Or are there too many moving parts in admissions for the coaches to get a good handle on it?
the staff has a good idea of what is needed
kids are recruited early and transcripts are reviewed. sometimes there is a "if you want to be here you need to do this, this, and this in upcoming year"
most transcripts are vetted by administration. the staff gets a lot of transcripts reviewed and does a lot of pushing, and often there is an administration response of sorry there is nothing we can do here.
then if needed there is an appeal. i believe NU has two appeals on the roster currently.
I wonder how much this hurts us in recruiting? No one likes to fail, especially teenagers. I can see this kind of conversation causing a young kid to convince themselves I don't really want to go to NU anyway as a protection mechanism against the possibility they might not get in academically.