Granny Smith
Proud Parent
My dd is a Sophomore in HS. Earlier this Fall she received a couple of “boiler plate” type letters from some colleges, basically saying “Now that you are starting to look at schools, keep us in mind. We can’t talk to you until Sept. 1 of your Junior yr. Blah, blah, blah.” We have no idea how she got these letters. One she received address to her gym, while the other one she received at our home address.
My dd competed level 9 last year. She did make it to Easterns and did ok, but did not make podium on anything. She looks good, she’s a solid gymnast, but not a stand out (not elite, nor the L10 by “freshman” year kid). We have no idea how these letters came about. She did compete Easterns with an injury that required surgery immediately following Easterns. Due to the recovery time involved (she hadn’t really worked all 4 events until November), it has been decided that she will do 9 again this year. We are hoping for similar success as she experienced last year and just to stay injury free this upcoming season. She is making progress since the injury, skill-wise, but she is not bumping up to 10. I do have to wonder how that will affect her in the whole college process. I never realized how stressful these HS years were going to be.
I don’t want to discount these letters, but really believe that the schools that sent them are “reach” schools. Do they send them to everyone? Was someone really interested in her? Just wondering if anyone has any insight on these letters, I know that schools send them out but what is their true meaning? I wish I had a crystal ball….
My dd competed level 9 last year. She did make it to Easterns and did ok, but did not make podium on anything. She looks good, she’s a solid gymnast, but not a stand out (not elite, nor the L10 by “freshman” year kid). We have no idea how these letters came about. She did compete Easterns with an injury that required surgery immediately following Easterns. Due to the recovery time involved (she hadn’t really worked all 4 events until November), it has been decided that she will do 9 again this year. We are hoping for similar success as she experienced last year and just to stay injury free this upcoming season. She is making progress since the injury, skill-wise, but she is not bumping up to 10. I do have to wonder how that will affect her in the whole college process. I never realized how stressful these HS years were going to be.
I don’t want to discount these letters, but really believe that the schools that sent them are “reach” schools. Do they send them to everyone? Was someone really interested in her? Just wondering if anyone has any insight on these letters, I know that schools send them out but what is their true meaning? I wish I had a crystal ball….