{"id":8797,"date":"2015-12-31T04:30:01","date_gmt":"2015-12-31T10:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/?p=8797"},"modified":"2015-12-17T14:05:36","modified_gmt":"2015-12-17T20:05:36","slug":"new-years-resolutions-for-college-prospects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/new-years-resolutions-for-college-prospects\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 New Year&#8217;s resolutions for college prospects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy New Year!<\/p>\n<p>We hope you had a happy, healthy and memorable 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Before we enter 2016, it\u2019s time for National Scouting Report prospects &#8212; and potential prospects &#8212; to make some New Year\u2019s resolutions.<\/p>\n<p>Here are 10 do\u2019s and don\u2019ts for the year ahead:<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/newnsr.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7675\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-7675 alignleft\" src=\"\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/newnsr.jpg\" alt=\"newnsr\" width=\"259\" height=\"189\" \/><\/a>DO\u2019S<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Register with the NCAA Eligibility Center as soon as possible.<\/li>\n<li>Raise your GPA as high as possible.<\/li>\n<li>Take and retake the SAT and\/or ACT as soon as possible.<\/li>\n<li>Ask somebody to shoot and\/or reshoot video of you.<\/li>\n<li>Communicate regularly with college coaches.<\/li>\n<li>Answer all of your emails from college coaches.<\/li>\n<li>Try to create competition among college coaches.<\/li>\n<li>Consider out-of-state colleges.<\/li>\n<li>Visit college campuses.<\/li>\n<li>Contact National Scouting Report for a free evaluation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>DON\u2019TS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wait until your junior or senior year of high school to start the recruiting process.<\/li>\n<li>Try to navigate the recruiting process alone.<\/li>\n<li>Think college coaches will find you if you\u2019re good enough to play.<\/li>\n<li>Think college coaches will discover you at camps, tournaments and showcases.<\/li>\n<li>Limit your options to NCAA Division I and II schools.<\/li>\n<li>Limit your options to schools close to home.<\/li>\n<li>Depend on high school or club coaches to get you recruited.<\/li>\n<li>Think talent alone will get you offers.<\/li>\n<li>Settle for only one offer.<\/li>\n<li>Wait to contact National Scouting Report for a free evaluation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy New Year! We hope you had a happy, healthy and memorable 2015. Before we enter 2016, it\u2019s time for National Scouting Report prospects &#8212; and potential prospects &#8212; to make some New Year\u2019s resolutions. Here are 10 do\u2019s and don\u2019ts for the year ahead: DO\u2019S Register with the NCAA Eligibility Center as soon as &#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/new-years-resolutions-for-college-prospects\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[31,222],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8797"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8797"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8803,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8797\/revisions\/8803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}