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Probability of going to d1, d2, d3 for athletics

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Probability of going to d1, d2, d3 for athletics

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A college coach may have face-to-face contact with college-bound student-athletes or their parents, watch student-athletes compete or visit their high schools and write or telephone student-athletes or their parents.

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NCAA.org - The Official Site of the NCAA

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The NCAA supports student-athlete well-being by promoting a fair recruiting environment that limits intrusions into the lives of student-athletes and their families.

Recruiting happens when a college employee or representative invites a high school student-athlete to play sports for their college. Recruiting can occur in many ways, such as face-to-face contact, phone calls or text messaging, through mailed or emailed material or through social media.
View the Division I recruiting guide View the Division II recruiting guide View a list of 2017-18 recruiting calendars for individual sports
Recruiting terms

A contact happens any time a college coach says more than hello during a face-to-face meeting with a college-bound student-athlete or his or her parents off the college's campus.

An evaluation happens when a college coach observes a student-athlete practicing or competing.

A verbal commitment happens when a college-bound student-athlete verbally agrees to play sports for a college before he or she signs or is eligible to sign a National Letter of Intent. The commitment is not binding on the student-athlete or the school and can be made at any time.

When a student-athlete officially commits to attend a Division I or II college, he or she signs a National Letter of Intent, agreeing to attend that school for one academic year.

Campus visits

Any visit to a college campus by a college-bound student-athlete or his or her parents paid for by the college is an official visit. Visits paid for by student-athletes or their parents are considered unofficial visits.

During an official visit the college can pay for transportation to and from the college for the student-athlete, lodging and three meals per day for the student-athlete and his or her parents or guardians, as well as reasonable entertainment expenses including three tickets to a home sports event.

The only expenses a college-bound student-athlete may receive from a college during an unofficial visit are three tickets to a home sports event.

National Letter of Intent

A National Letter of Intent is signed by a college-bound student-athlete agreeing to attend a Division I or II college for one academic year. Participating colleges agree to provide financial aid for one academic year to the student-athlete as long as the student-athlete is admitted to the school and is eligible for financial aid under NCAA rules. Other forms of financial aid do not guarantee the student-athlete financial aid.

The National Letter of Intent is voluntary and not required for a student-athlete to receive financial aid or participate in sports.

Signing a National Letter of Intent ends the recruiting process because participating schools are prohibited from recruiting student-athletes who have already signed letters with other participating schools.

A student-athlete who signs a National Letter of Intent but decides to attend another college may request a release from his or her contract with the school. If a student-athlete signs a National Letter of Intent with one school but attends a different school, he or she loses one full year of eligibility and must complete a full academic year at the new school before being eligible to compete.
Learn more about the National Letter of Intent
Division III Celebratory Signing Form

Division III institutions are permitted to use a standard, NCAA provided, non-binding celebratory signing form. A college-bound student-athlete is permitted to sign the celebratory signing form at any point, including high school signing events, after the student-athlete has been accepted to the institution. Institutions should keep in mind, however, that they are not permitted to publicize a student-athlete's commitment to the institution until the student-athlete has submitted a financial deposit (Bylaw 13.10.7).

To access the Division III celebratory signing form, Division III coaches and administrators can use the "My Apps" link on ncaa.org to navigate to LSDBi. Log in to LSDBi by clicking the "login" tab at the top of the screen and entering your single source sign on information. Once logged in, select the "resources" tab. Once on the "resources" tab, the celebratory signing form can be found under the "compliance" heading.

Recruiting calendars

NCAA member schools limit recruiting to certain periods during the year. Recruiting calendars promote the well-being of college-bound student-athletes and ensure fairness among schools by defining certain periods during the year in which recruiting may or may not occur in a particular sport.

During a contact period, a college coach may have face-to-face contact with college-bound student-athletes or their parents, watch student-athletes compete or visit their high schools and write or telephone student-athletes or their parents.

During an evaluation period, a college coach may watch college-bound student-athletes compete, visit their high schools and write or telephone student-athletes or their parents. However, a college coach may not have face-to-face contact with college-bound student-athletes or their parents off the college's campus during an evaluation period.

During a quiet period, a college coach may not have face-to-face contact with college-bound student-athletes or their parents and may not watch student-athletes compete or visit their high schools. Coaches may write or telephone college-bound student-athletes or their parents during this time.

During a dead period, a college coach may not have face-to-face contact with college-bound student-athletes or their parents and may not watch student-athletes compete or visit their high schools. Coaches may write and telephone student-athletes or their parents during a dead period.

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The NCAA supports student-athlete well-being by promoting a fair recruiting environment that limits intrusions into the lives of student-athletes and their families. Recruiting happens when a college employee or representative invites a high school student-athlete to play sports for their college.

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A college coach may watch college-bound student-athletes compete, visit their high schools and write or telephone student-athletes or their parents. However, a college coach may not have face-to-face contact with college-bound student-athletes or their parents off the college’s campus during an evaluation period.

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A college coach may not have face-to-face contact with college-bound student-athletes or their parents and may not watch student-athletes compete or visit their high schools. Coaches may write or telephone college-bound student-athletes or their parents during this time.

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Ways Technology has changed the recruitment process  

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Ways Technology has changed the recruitment process  

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1. Data overload in recruitment
2. Global reach to find potential candidates
3. Eliminating bias opinions
4. More flexibility

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Jayne Kamin-Oncea-US PRESSWIRE
The world of college football recruiting is ever-changing and evolving as players, coaches and schools try to gain any sort of competitive edge they can.

However, nothing, and I do mean nothing, has changed recruiting more than the Internet, specifically in the past five to 10 years.

Nowadays, you can use social media to market a brand, an idea and even yourself. Information can be distributed and seen by million in real time, as it is happening. If you have a connection, you can be connected to as many people as you please. You can see others, and they can certainly see you.

It's a whole new ballgame, folks.

To really break down how Internet has changed college football recruiting, let's look at it from three different angles: the fan, the prospect and the recruiter.
The Fan Information
College football fans have access to just about anything that they want nowadays. Whether it be the latest inside information regarding a player, in-depth analysis, scouting reports or interviews, they can all be found online

Online recruiting services like Rivals.com, Scout.com, 247Sports.com and ESPN Recruiting Nation are on top of everything regarding recruiting. They go through and rank players on a 5-star system (five being the best), and that's available for fans to see.

Individual teams are also ranked based on how many high-ranked prospects they are bringing in, and those rankings are also available. Anything from a player's interest list to a team's target list can be found online

This information is constantly updated and analyzed, and depending on how much a fan is into recruiting, he/she probably has enough access to know just as much, if not more, about a certain prospect as an interested coach does.
Highlights
You can read all you want about a 5-star quarterback, but nothing can replace actually seeing him play with your own eyes. There was a time when you had to actually go to a high school football game in order to form your own opinion on a recruit, but now all you have to do is head over to YouTube , type in the player's name and press play.

While this certainly doesn't make up for watching the game live or having actual game tape to break down (let's be honest, highlight film is extremely slanted), it does give average college football fans enough to go on so they can know what they are talking about.
Interaction
Fans can tell prospects how great they are and how awesome it would if they chose a certain school. Conversely, they can also tell a recruit how dumb it was for him to choose the rival school.

Sometimes the players will even interact with fans. Here's an example of 5-star running back prospect Derrick Henry responding to someone on his Twitter account:

@ tdietzbuck1 Thank you , I appreciate it .
- Derrick Henry  (@KingHenry_2) September 26, 2012

Is it possible that fans on Twitter can play a role in recruiting? Honestly, they just may be able to.

One would be naive to think that getting two million tweets from a certain fanbase encouraging a high school senior to commit to their school doesn't impact their decision-making.
The Recruit Marketing
If a recruit is smart and Internet-savvy, he will market himself online. Setting up a Facebook fan page, a Twitter account and a YouTube channel dedicated to highlights and self-promotion can go a long way in getting a recruit's name out there.

There are also professional tools that can be useful, such as , which is a video-sharing program that many high school and college coaches use to break down and share film

This is just one example of how the Internet has changed the way a player can directly impact the recruiting process.
Bad Press
Unfortunately, not everything about the Internet has been positive for the recruiting world. As good as everyone having access to you can be, it can also be very dangerous.

If a recruit spouts off on Twitter or Facebook, sometimes millions of people will be able to see that. If it's bad enough, it could drastically impact the way a college feels about said recruit, and in some cases it can even lead to a school deciding to stop recruiting the player.

Last year, 4-star cornerback recruit Yuri Wright may have really hurt his recruitment process with the University of Michigan because of a series of inappropriate and expletive tweets he sent out.

There was speculation that Wolverines coach Brady Hoke may have stopped recruiting Wright because of the tweets. Even if that wasn't the case, it's undoubtedly a bad idea for athletes to get inappropriate on Twitter. It never leads to anything good.

Instead of playing football at Michigan, Wright plays at Colorado.

Interaction
As I stated earlier, many times recruits will actually interact with college football fans on social media, and that's not necessarily a bad thing. Getting positive tweets or Facebook posts from fans can really help solidify a decision or even sway one.

That's a resource recruits never really had before.

How about the ability to make a statement? For instance, University of Michigan 4-star offensive tackle commit Logan Tuley-Tillman tweeted a picture of him burning mail from the Ohio State football office. Before the Internet, if you didn't like a school and wanted to burn their mail, you could do it and a few of your friends would find out.

Now, just about everybody has heard of Tuley-Tillman's tweet.

A recruit's interaction online isn't just limited to fans, though. Recruits can connect with anyone online, specifically on Twitter. While interaction with college players, coaches or recruits is a very confusing subject and is not OK with the NCAA in a football context, it doesn't stop the fact that just about everybody is available on social media.
The Recruiter Communication
Recruiters can communicate with prospects through the phone, through email or through just about any other Internet-access device they can find.

Documents, scouting reports, film and opinions can be shared quicker, thus making the recruiting process much more effective.

A negative aspect is that recruiters and coaches can get in trouble if they use the Internet against NCAA regulations in regards to their communication with a recruit. There's a ton of gray area, but the possibility of getting in trouble, even for a misunderstanding of the rules, is real.
Accessibility
Everything a prospect does or says is online nowadays, so that information is out there for the coach.

This also changes the game for a coach in regards to players in their program, so they have to take a recruit's social media presence into account. It can be so overwhelming, in fact, that some coaches may just choose to not deal with it. Jimbo Fisher of Florida State has put a Twitter ban on his players in an effort to keep them from saying dumb things on social media.

Don't be surprised if this happens more and more.

Coaches should never rely on other sources to essentially do their homework for them, but it certainly doesn't hurt.

The Internet, social media and technology are ever-changing, which means sooner or later the world of college football recruiting will have to adapt and evolve as well.

The one thing that will continue to change is social media. We've seen how Twitter came onto the scene and directly impacted the way we view and get information on sports, and it's put accessibility to the college football recruiting world just 140 characters away.

Will we see more Twitter bans? How will the NCAA change its stance on social media and recruiting? Those are both topics that I believe will be hot-button issues in the coming years.

Players are going to continue to get more power over the recruiting process, which means coaches are going to have to become smarter and adapt just as fast as the technology does. Some may not be able to keep up, and we'll start to see the more tech-savvy coaches gain an advantage in recruiting.

This is the world we live in. The Internet has changed and will continue to change everything -even college football recruiting.

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How the Internet Has Changed College Football Recruiting

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Jayne Kamin-Oncea-US PRESSWIRE The world of college football recruiting is ever-changing and evolving as players, coaches and schools try to gain any sort of competitive edge they can. However, nothing, and I do mean nothing, has changed recruiting more than the Internet, specifically in the past five to 10 years.

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A college coach may not have face-to-face contact with college-bound student-athletes or their parents and may not watch student-athletes compete or visit their high schools. Coaches may write and telephone student-athletes or their parents during a dead period.

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The odds of winning a NCAA sports scholarship are miniscule. Only about 2 percent of high school athletes win sports scholarships every year at NCAA colleges and universities. Yes, the odds are that dismal. For those who do snag one, the average scholarship is less than $11,000.

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The odds of winning a NCAA sports scholarship are miniscule. Only about 2 percent of high school athletes win sports scholarships every year at NCAA colleges and universities. Yes, the odds are that dismal. For those who do snag one, the average scholarship is less than $11,000.

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Only Division 3 cannot give athletic scholarships

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Mostly smaller private colleges
Many foreign Players
Average D1 scholarship is 6,000 dollars
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Because of the stricter rules about eligibility, most foreign players play at the D2 level.

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ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIPS35 Steps All Athletes Can Take to Win an Athletic Scholarship

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ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIPS35 Steps All Athletes Can Take to Win an Athletic Scholarship

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https://www.studypoint.com/ed/college-search-for-athletes/

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They are the smallest in the NCAA colleges like New York University and Catholic University

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Create a online recruiting profile, 90% of coaches say the recruiting process begins online. Also having a profile it increases your chance of getting discovered by a coach and being recruited. Also contacting a coach by email or calling can help you too, 99% of college coaches have an email address.

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Create a online recruiting profile, 90% of coaches say the recruiting process begins online. Also having a profile it increases your chance of getting discovered by a coach and being recruited. Also contacting a coach by email or calling can help you too, 99% of college coaches have an email address.

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- You need to take initiative when it comes to getting noticed.
- Getting your name out there and getting your coach involved can be pretty helpful.
- Send emails to multiple coaches and telling them why you are interested in playing for their school.
- Show you are a team player.
- Be persistent and just win, winning attracts coaches that want to see what the team is made of.
-  Also look at realistic options such as a D3 or D2 school and Junior schools can also be a good decision.

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Do you like the environment.  Ask yourself if you can see yourself going there.  Do you like the size and location of the college? Do you like the academic aspect of the college? Do you like a smaller class or can you work in a large group setting? If you meet the team, will you get along with the people that could be your future teammates?

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Division II schools:

Have a minimum of 10 sports

Has enough games to fit each sport's specific requirements.

Students must maintain a 2.0 GPA and take at least 16 core courses to be eligible.

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Online recruiting profiles, Highlight reels you can send out to coaches via email or recruiting sites, NCSA. Stat sites like wissports or maxpreps.

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As college basketball marches on to the national tournament, many high school students are forced to the books by spring midterms. For the young basketball player, or any student-athlete for that matter, the sights of the high school junior and senior begin to turn towards college. The junior is beginning to consider his or her options, and the senior is getting excited for the next August.
For the college bound athlete, there are a few things to consider when choosing a school. These tips are both from research and personal experience. These are geared for the athlete who has been considering a few scholarship offers, but they can be applied to anyone hoping to play in college.

Do not get too far ahead of yourself. Take time and enjoy your high school years and your teammates. Even if you are a freshman and your heart is set on playing soccer at Stanford, your teammates at City High School will help you get there.

Make sure the college fits you. If you have a scholarship offer to a college with 35,000 undergraduates, but you enjoy the campus that only has 4,000 undergraduates, sometimes the best decision isn't for the prestige of the program, but what is best for you academically and socially.

Don't be afraid of the "break-up" call. When you make your decision, call the other coaches. Thank them for their time. Be honest and say that the school you did choose was a better fit.

Stay in shape in the off-season. Physically and mentally. That's not saying you should stay well-informed on your history or your math, but rather to keep your mind in competitive form. To stay in physical peak, keep in mind that when one turns 18, one often ages out of local club teams. Look in to a gym membership. EXACT has the tools to keep you in your mental competitive form and even give you an advantage before you go to college training.

Take a look at this very useful list from NPR: http://www.npr.org/2010/12/08/7506102/how-to-choose-a-college-that-s-right-for-you. Evaluate your choice based on this general advice.

Don't be afraid to look at Division II, Division III, annd NAIA schools. Some of them can be very competitive in their conferences. For example, Illinois Wesleyan (Div. III) had an undefeated women's basketball team in 2008-09, and St Xavier (IL) football has made the NAIA title game the last two years in a row.

Remember that it is student-athlete. If you're a graduating senior and the sport you're going to college for is over, be sure to stay focused on keeping your GPA to your university's standards. It only takes one C- to go from a 3.5 GPA to a 3.3 on a 4.0 scale. The Letter of Intent is a contract between you and the school. And, recent public relations campaigns from the NCAA say, "most of us go professional in something other than sports." When you get to college, classes are important.

Choosing a college can be an intensely stressful and difficult process, but it is also a very exciting time. These tips are a guideline for you the student-athlete (and you the parent) to helping you make your college choice.

Ultimately, it is about what you want out of the college experience. I know that when I set foot on my alma mater for the first time, I knew it was the place for me. If you get that feeling in your gut, go with it. You won't be wrong. Remember, it is a huge accomplishment to graduate from a great school with a degree and to have played a sport while doing it will only pad your resume when you enter the professional field in something other than sports.

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Picking A College As a Student-Athlete - EXACT Sports

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As college basketball marches on to the national tournament, many high school students are forced to the books by spring midterms. For the young basketball player, or any student-athlete for that matter, the sights of the high school junior and senior begin to turn towards college.

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Division I schools:

Offer at least 14 sports: seven for men and seven for women, or six for men and eight for women

Offer at least two team sports for men and two for women

Can guarantee an audience of specific size for football and basketball

Provide some athletic scholarships. Division, I schools have to meet minimum financial aid awards for their athletics program; in addition, there is a cap on financial aid awards for each sport that the school cannot exceed.

Have enough games to fit each sport's specific requirements

Students must maintain a certain GPA and take at least 16 core courses to be eligible.

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Mostly because of academics

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You want to feel good about the college, it should feel like home to you. If it doesn't feel like home then you should consider other options . If it has the degree that you want, size, location, price, distance all of these are factors of choosing the right college.

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odds of playing d1 basketball is 0.9%.

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NCAA and NAIA are 2 separate organizations

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NCAA and NAIA are 2 separate organizations

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Division 1 HAS to have at least 7 different sports as division 2 and  3 must have at least 5 different sports

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Division 1 HAS to have at least 7 different sports as division 2 and  3 must have at least 5 different sports