UNC's lacrosse recruiter left over the summer. I wonder if he was smart to see this coming. Now he is in the same position at UPenn.
UPenn just publicly committed a 2018. A high school freshman with no grades, no scores. From a lacrosse evaluation perspective, the recruiting tournaments for clubs in fall don't start until this weekend.
This is lunacy. An Ivy League school allowing a coach this latitude? I am sure this kid is an exceptional lacrosse player, but if I had a UPenn degree I would feel
pretty embarrassed and offended by these admissions spot hall passes for kids with junior high school transcripts. Most applicants to UPenn submit perfect grades and scores into their senior year, and most of them don't get in.
Who is the commit? From Long Island?
My son will leave 8th grade with 4 HS classes under his belt and 2 regents tests complete. Students in my area also have been invited to take SATs in MS. I'm not sure what the case is for the recruit, but there are 8th graders that can show mastery of HS courses before they start Freshman year. A top student isn't going to fall to an avg student in 2 years. I do think it is wise to wait and see, but the kid may have already proven himself in some way.
Buckle in there my friend. Hopefully for your son HS goes the same as MS. Not for my son, 96 avg in MS. Still did well, but not at that level. Girls, social life, two sports, a brief illness, and a surgery. No excuses here, just pointing out that things get way more complicated, very fast.
