How Parents Can Help You Find the Right College Teams
Identifying the right colleges is a critical stage in self-recruiting. It's also one in which assistance from parents can make a major difference.
Here's how you can help. Odds are that you know a lot about your kid, and more about specific colleges than he or she knows. Based on these two things, help you son or daughter build a list of colleges that are the right fit academically, socially, and athletically.
A great way to accomplish this is to do some research on your own and present your child with a list of thirty or so schools, pared down from the 3,000 that are out there that you think she should investigate. This is a great way to get things moving in the right direction. A parent may not always know how to get recruited, but there are still ways parents can help.
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