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The letter arrives from a school that your son told you is his dream school. You dare not open it,in...
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The letter arrives from a school that your son told you is his dream school. You dare not open it,instead,you hand it to him when he arrives home from school. You watch as his eyes light up and you know this is the beginning of something. You are just not sure what. Your son insists that the coach must really want him since he took the time to write him a letter. Is this in fact true?Did he write other kids and if so how many?How would you know?
The simple fact of the matter is that you can read very little into that first letter. Coaches cast a wide net in the first few stages of the recruiting(录取)cycle. That letter may in fact,be the first and last time your son ever hears from that particular coach. Think about it:if he has not seen your sons transcripts or his standardized test scores,if you have not visited the school,if he has no knowledge of your financial needs,can it be anything significant?
So how do you treat these letters or emails?Is there some format you can apply?Say tor instance,three letters mean real interest…or three letters and a call means a greater degree of interest?
My experience in deal with cases of various applications is that answers will not come automatically. Call the coach and find out how real the interest in fact is. "Is my son a top recruit in your mind?" "How many players at his position will you be recruiting this year?" By asking these simple and direct questions,you as a parent,will have established a dialogue and hopefully figured out how much interest,if any really exists. However,here comes the challenge. Applicants and parents are vague with coaches about their intention and level of interest all the time. In fact,the coach's situation is no less confusing than yours. He is fighting a similar battle on multiple choices. There is little clarity on either end.
Enjoy that first letter. Let's hope it is one of many and let's hope you apply a bit of realism with a bit of wishful thinking about how happy your son should be when this is all over.
1.How did the parent feel about the letter that his son got from his dreamed school? ______
A.expectant B.hesitant
C.doubtful D.hopeful
2.According to the passage,by calling the coach,parents can______ .
A.determine the level of interest from coach
B.build up a communication with the coach
C.identify the real intention of the coach
D.understand more about the situation of the coach
3.The author of the passage is most likely to be ______ .
A.a consultant to help students with their application
B.a parent with similar experiences
C.a school authority that supervises the application
D.a coach in charge of the application
4.The purpose of the passage is to ______ .
A.remind parents of the importance of the first letter from coaches
B.tell parents how to react to the first letter from coaches
C.advise parents to ignore the first letter from coaches
D.warn parents to be realistic towards the first letter from coaches
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