What to do next depends on your grad year. If you’re a junior or senior, D1/D2 schools CAN respond to you. If you don’t hear back in a week, follow up, then try with a phone call a couple weeks later. If you’re an underclassmen, D1/D2 schools CAN’T respond back to you. You have similar follow up cadence, but understand that by rule they may not be able to respond to you.

0:00 What to do after that first email
0:26 Tips for underclassmen
0:40 the NCSA profile allows you to see who has opened your email
1:23 What to do as an upperclassmen
2:14 be persistent without being annoying

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