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As the high performance student athlete you think you are, you should be receiving letters from colleges. Letters that are unsolicited and letters which are in response to your own inquiries at schools. Most initial letters from schools contain a questionnaire. How should these be handled?
1. Fill each one out completely and neatly. Give all the information asked for and indicate N/A if it is something you can't answer. Send them back as soon as possible, but make a copy for your own record keeping. If applicable, make a note of the name of the coach who sent you the survey or to whom you are sending it.
2. Organize a filing cabinet at home with separate folders for each school and keep all the information you gather in those files.
3. On the outside of the files keep a short log of each action you have with the school, Ex. Phone calls, visits, etc.
4. Follow up to the schools with information that was not available at the time you received the letter but now have it available. We are talking about SAT scores, statistics, sudden growth spurt which adds 2 inches and 15 lbs, etc.
The questionnaire is only the beginning of the recruiting process. Do not assume you are being recruited because of this. Schools literally send out hundreds and sometimes thousands of these forms. Be aggressive in your search for a school and a program that fits you! Those who wait for something to fall in their lap end up disappointed at the end.
