The Instride Process
Recruitment Overview
Review recruitment facts, processes, milestones, and responsibilities
Dispel myths and face realities of XC/T+F recruiting
Address your questions and concerns about:
Competing at the collegiate level
Balancing athletics, academics and your social life
Recruitment Planning
Develop your Top Ten - a diverse list of 10 colleges that suits your academic, social, and athletic goals, needs, and requirements
Create and implement an action plan that will expose you and your family to the pros and cons of these diverse programs to inform perspective and decision-making
Contact and Outreach
Craft a letter that highlights your best marks, your academic successes and your upside as a collegiate athlete in a succinct and professional manner. This can be tailored to individual colleges.
Ensure you are prepared for and effective in your direct communications with coaches (we will advise and consult along the way, make referrals to known coaches, and facilitate contact between athletes and coaches)
Communication and Visits
Stay in close communication and coordinate strategies for official and unofficial visits
Develop a full schedule for visits to all colleges of interest that will be most helpful
Ensure preparation for each visit is thorough - the athlete must be equipped with critical information about the school and the program, know the right questions to ask, and have an open mind to take it all in
Decision Making
Facilitate discussions between family and athlete about evolving choices
Consider all the pros and cons of your options to ensure all aspects of the ultimate decision have been thought through
Discuss the differences between decision dates (i.e. early decision vs. final response) and weigh the advantages and disadvantages of all the respective approaches
Make sure your final decision is one that feels best and right for you and your family