How should you react to a school that says they are not longer recruiting you anymore? It is better than you think!

Throughout the recruiting process, one of the coolest things that a high school athlete can receive is letters from Division I schools.  I was a terrible high school basketball player but I even received one Division I letter my junior year (Which I do believe that I still have).  It just makes your day, week, or month to receive this type of attention.

If a coach is serious about you, they will want to keep you on the hook as long as they can so that they can see where their A and B options are going.  If those two go elsewhere, and you are option C, then a scholarship offer may be coming your way.  But if they decide to go in a different direction, many coaches will be brutally honest with you.  This is a stand up thing for a coach to do but they will tell you that they have decided to no longer recruit you.

Obviously this depends on the school and the player.  I know some coaches who will string a player along as far as they can.  They want to keep this player “warm” if something is to open up during the recruiting process.  If athletes on their team transfer, then it may be the perfect time to offer this third option a scholarship.send a letter (Not the greatest letter to get) that says they either got a commitment from a player at your position or they are looking into another direction for this recruiting class.  As an athlete, this is a tough call to take.  And if you get it, what should you do?

While this may be your dream school and the program that you hoped to get a scholarship at, things don’t always work as planned.  While it is disappointing, them telling you that actually is a good thing.  This school could decide to string you along the entire process and keep you from picking another school because there is a glimmer of hope for a scholarship offer.  Instead, they were honest and let you know the truth.

Hopefully this is still early enough in the recruiting process that there were are other options.  As mentioned in about every article I write, I always say that you should keep your options open and consider all schools.  Hopefully if you have done that and avoided the tunnel vision on this one school, you can start looking more and more into the other programs that are after you.

If you currently are unhappy about the schools that are recruiting you, refer to The Five Steps to a Scholarship and start marketing yourself to schools that interest you.  Again, it really depends on what sport you are playing and what time of the year it is.  Some schools may be fresh out of scholarship offers while others may have only a very small number of commitments.  It just depends from case to case.

Again, this may be disappointing but things happen for a reason.  It may be that you should go to a Division II school and end up being All American.  Or maybe take another route that you did not even think about at all during the recruiting process.  If you keep a positive frame of mind, it will help you get past this disappoint and find the perfect school for you that actually wants you there.

 

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What constitutes recruiting attention for your Rivals, Scout, and ESPN football profiles?

If you have been visiting this site over the last few weeks, then you would have read how to get database profiles on Rivals, 247Sports, Scout, and ESPN.  And while getting a football recruiting or basketball recruiting database profile will not guarantee you a scholarship, it certainly will not hurt you throughout the athletic recruiting process.

I can attest that when trying to contact these sites and get added, one of the first things they are going to ask you is which Division I programs are recruiting you?  If it is still not September 1st of your junior season, then it is not easy to figure out what schools are recruiting you.  So I am going to take a look at what constitutes recruiting interest from a college program because the last thing you want to do is get caught in a white lie.

If it is BEFORE September 1st of your Junior Year and you are a football player

Since you are still young, it is going to be tough to get a good feel of what schools are actually interested in you and your abilities.  The NCAA rules for football recruiting make it much tougher for athletes to get a good feel early on.  Outside of offering a scholarship through your high school coach, there is no definite way to figure out how interested the colleges are.

What that unfortunately means is that you will be basing your recruiting attention on questionnaires and camp invites.  Do I really feel deep down that these are serious recruiting interest?  Not a chance.  However, for Rivals, Scout, and ESPN, they are going to love to put up that Ohio State, Tennessee, and Georgia has sent you questionnaires and camp invites.  If they have sent these early on, it doesn’t matter if you never hear from them again in your entire life.  They at least sent a piece of recruiting mail and can be considered to be showing you some recruiting interest.

A good question I got asked was from an athlete who started marketing himself to college coaches early.  If they respond to your profile/email, does that mean they are recruiting you?  Again, deep down I am going to say no.  However, if telling the people at Scout that Notre Dame sent emails gets you a profile, then that is fine.  You are not lying.  They may not be all after you and days away from offering a scholarship but if they responded to the email and said that they will keep in touch in the future, then it counts.

I have to say that if a school doesn’t send a questionnaire, does not invite you to their camp, and doesn’t respond to your emails, it doesn’t matter if they are your dream school.  It is unethical to include them among the schools that are recruiting you in your profile.  Make sure to keep that in mind when sending them the schools after you because for the second time, you don’t want to get caught in a lie.  These services have a lot of connections with college coaches and discrepancies will pop up and be made public.

If it is AFTER September 1st of your Junior Year and you are a football player

If you took the time to read the previous four paragraphs, find a way to clear your head because I want to tell you that none of this should apply to anyone who is a junior and above.  I personally believe there are two different periods of the recruiting process and that September 1st starts the second one.

So what should qualify as recruiting interest now?  Camp invites and questionnaires certainly do not.  After September 1st, college coaches are able to send much more mail to prospective athletes.  If it is past that date and all you are getting is questionnaires and camp invites, then the school is not recruiting you.  Again, they are not recruiting you.

If a school does send other mail, I think it officially counts.  I could careless if it is form mail that is generic as it comes.  If they take the time to send that to you and pay the pricey postage, then you can consider them recruiting you for the sake of the recruiting databases.  I however believe this recruiting interest is worthless but that is another story.

As far as emails go, a response is no longer good enough to count as recruiting attention.  What you need is to get personalized emails after you marketed yourself to them.  If they send you something asking about a schedule or telling you about their program, then that works.  But outside of that, nothing else matters.

Anyways, that is what I believe makes up the recruiting attention that can go on your profiles.  Again, none of these really matter much at all in the long term scheme of things.  But I know that Rivals, ESPN, and Scout will all want to hear which Division I schools are recruiting you.  By following these above examples, you can ethically feel confident about what you tell them.

 

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July 2017 Vancouver Real Estate Statistics with Charts & Graphs Courtesy of REBGV

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Metro Vancouver sees fewer home sales and more listings in July

Home buyer activity returned to more typical summer levels in Metro Vancouver last month. The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that residential property sales in the region totalled 2,960 in July 2017, an 8.2 per cent decrease from the 3,226 sales recorded in July 2016, and a decrease of 24 per cent compared to June 2017 when 3,893 homes sold. Last month’s sales were 0.7 per cent above the 10-year July sales average. “Housing demand is inconsistent across the region right now. Pockets of the market are still receiving multiple offers and others are not. It depends on price, property type, and location,” Jill Oudil, REBGV president said. “For example, it’s taking twice as long, on average, for a detached home to sell compared to both townhomes and condominiums.” There were 5,256 detached, attached and apartment properties newly listed for sale on the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) in Metro Vancouver in July 2017. This represents a 0.3 per cent increase compared to the 5,241 homes listed in July 2016 and an 8.1 per cent decrease compared to June 2017 when 5,721 homes were listed. The total number of properties currently listed for sale on the MLS® system in Metro Vancouver is 9,194, a 10.1 per cent increase compared to July 2016 (8,351) and an eight per cent increase compared to June 2017 (8,515). “Because home sale activity decreased to more historically normal levels in July, the selection of homes for sale in the region was able to edge above 9,000 for the first time this year,” Oudil, said. For all property types, the sales-to-active listings ratio for July 2017 is 32.2 per cent. By property type, the ratio is 16.9 per cent for detached homes, 44.9 per cent for townhomes, and 62 per cent for condominiums. Generally, analysts say that downward pressure on home prices occurs when the ratio dips below the 12 per cent mark for a sustained period, while home prices often experience upward pressure when it surpasses 20 per cent over several months. The MLS® Home Price Index composite benchmark price for all residential properties in Metro Vancouver is currently $1,019,400. This represents an 8.7 per cent increase over July 2016 and a 2.1 per cent increase compared to June 2017. Sales of detached properties in July 2017 reached 949, a decrease of 11.9 per cent from the 1,077 detached sales recorded in July 2016. The benchmark price for detached properties is $1,612,400. This represents a 1.9 per cent increase from July 2016 and a 1.5 per cent increase compared to June 2017. Sales of apartment properties reached 1,468 in July 2017, a decrease of 8.4 per cent compared to the 1,602 sales in July 2016. The benchmark price of an apartment property is $616,600. This represents an 18.5 per cent increase from July 2016 and a 2.7 per cent increase compared to June 2017. Attached property sales in July 2017 totalled 543, a decrease of 0.7 per cent compared to the 547 sales in July 2016. The benchmark price of an attached unit is $763,700. This represents an 11.9 per cent increase from July 2016 and a 2.4 per cent increase compared to June 2017.

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5 years vs. 40 years and the role that academics should play in a college decision

When you are 17 and 18 years old, the time you are thinking about is the present.  You are trying to do whatever you can at this young age to make yourself happy.  If you love to eat, you are going to eat.  If you love to play basketball, you are going to play a lot of basketball.  So when you are this young and immature, a college decision is never going to be easy.

At that time, you are looking mostly at the next five years of your life.  Why wouldn’t you?  Chances are high that you will be playing athletics in college and get a chance to be a big man around the campus.  The short term has been your focus for the 17 or 18 years you have been alive but that may not be the smartest direction to go in when all is said and done.

While these four or five years may be among the most fun or your life, unless you are going to get a chance to play professionally in your sport, there will have to be a time where you realize that there has to be something after football, baseball, basketball, or whatever college sport you compete in.  That is why academics must play a huge role in this decision.

It may not seem all that important at the time but at the age of 23 years old, you may have regretted the decision you made regarding your college because you based it strictly on sports.  Instead of looking at the type of education that you would get in the field you were interested in, you were happy to enjoy the life of a college athlete.

That is when it hits you that unless you are a trust fund baby (And I can safely assume most readers here are not), you are going to have to figure out something to do with your life for the next 42 years.  The reason why I say 42 years is not just because that it is an outstanding number.  The reason that I say 42-years is because if you are 23-years old and finish college, you have 42-years to be in the work force until you retire at the age of 65.

When I was that younger and looking at colleges, I did want to find a school that I had what I wanted to major in and the unique academics offered by the eventual school that I picked help me land there.  But it never crossed my mind that the degree I get at this school is going to pave my life for the next 40 plus years.

Obviously there are exceptions where after you finish up your playing days, you may go to grad school or get another undergraduate degree because Leisure/Recreation is not cutting it in the real world.  If you really think about it, planning ahead can avoid this step.  If you are able to find a school that fits you academically, it will challenge you to be the best student that you can be.  And it will also help you get that degree in a field you are interested in.  Keep that in mind before coming to a final college decision.

 

 

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The Best Vegan Cornbread

Today I am sharing The Best Vegan Cornbread. Cornbread might not seem like the most summery of recipes, but when you are using fresh corn, it certainly qualifies! One of my favorite additions to most any meal is a fluffy nugget of warm, golden yellow corn bread - crumbly, buttery and cake-like. This recipe really satisfied every characteristic I look for in a cornbread! I enjoyed it warmed up with some vegan butter and maple syrup, and I also crumbled it over top a vegan ranch summer salad - similar to this BBQ tofu Ranch Salad. And of course, if you are making veggie chili, cornbread is the perfect side. If you are a cornbread fan like me, hope you can give this recipe a try!..Read more »

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College coaches will avoid “overbearing parents” in the athletic recruiting process

As I have mentioned many times and in a number of different articles, college coaches try to find out the most that they can about each recruit that they are after.  If a scholarship offer will come to the table, the majority of coaches do an in-depth background check that allows them to learn as much as they can about the situation of each athlete they are serious about.

But when they do this background check, it is not just 100% about the athlete.  The coaches also look into the family life and what they may be dealing with over the next four or five years.  And in some situations, overbearing parents may be enough to turn away college coaches and have them look for another prospect.

Really it is a fine line to walk being a parent who wants to promote your kid and at the same time not being overbearing.  On one hand, marketing your son or daughter to college coaches really is an essential part of the recruiting process in any sport.  But if you think your child is a Division I athlete and they are not, then some may think that you are being unrealistic because it is your child.  This happens all the time.

A few years back I heard a good story about an athlete who is a talented basketball player.  He works hard and does the right things to make him successful on the court.  But his mom is a completely different story.  Following one game where her son didn’t get enough shots, she screamed at an assistant coach about it.  This was in public and their team had won the game that night.  Again, it is a high school assistant coach.

There was a college coach there that night from a school that had recently had some success on the court.  They were looking at recruiting this kid but the college coach saw all this drama in fold right in front of his eyes.  He saw this overbearing (Crazy may also work here) parent yelling at a coach after their team had won the game.  Right then and there, the college coach told the head coach that he was no longer interested in the prospect and left.

If that was the only Division I school that was recruiting this athlete, then the years of work and dreams of playing at that level may have been out the window as well.  Obviously not all parents are this overbearing.  This is easy to avoid.  Minor things you should think about is how you talk about their coach, if you tell others that offers are coming and they don’t end up being there, and things along that line.

I obviously get a chance to talk to a lot of parents and many are wide eyed and excited to go through the recruiting process.  Usually these are the ones who don’t do a ton of marketing because they are just unsure about what they should do in the process.  That is why they visit this site, right?

I completely understand that no matter how hard you try, you are not going to be able to take away the bias when evaluating your kid.  In the eyes of parents, it is nearly impossible.  This is the kid you raised over the last 18-years and to evaluate them accordingly without bias is nearly impossible.  But you can’t push it too much.

Recently I have been in contact with a parent who doesn’t seem to get the recruiting process.  He thinks he does, but he really doesn’t get it.  His son is a Division I athlete but there is only one offer and it is by a low, low major school.  The dad has been telling people this summer that his son will have more offers and this school or that school is going to offer the next day.  Like I have said before, don’t believe the offer is there until the official paperwork is in your hands.  Too many schools give verbal offers and never come through.

This parent also tries to do rankings and things along that line but his son is always ranked too high.  The bias is there.  While I am unsure how he acts around college coaches, his misunderstanding of the recruiting process could end up hurting his son in a big way.  Anyways, being the overbearing parent will turn off college coaches.  These coaches want to focus on basketball and not dealing with parents about playing time, carries, or shots that their child is getting each game.  For you parents, keep that in mind!

 

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