Mentioning potentially expensive extra-curriculars - do or don't?

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter did ballet 30-50 hours a week for years and schools didn’t seem to care. They just want a high GPA, rigorous classes and leadership.

How did she do 50 hours/week while also going to school? Genuinely curious!

That was during performance weeks. In the studio from 3-10 and most of the weekend. It was hell.

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Anonymous wrote:One of the funniest things I ever read on my kid’s college Facebook parent site was someone asking if anyone could recommend a place near campus where her kid could keep her horse. That’s right, her kid was bringing her HORSE to college!

Lots of serious equestrians do that. I competed at a high level throughout college and even won a national championship my sophomore year. I went to class and rode horses, often 6 or 8 a day for my trainer. My professors were accomodating of my competition schedule too…I always met with each one at the beginning of the semester and laid out which days I would be gone and made sure they were OK with it ahead of time. I also set my schedule with few classes on Fridays because that was the day I had to miss most often. It’s entirely doable to ride seriously during college.

My kid is planning to bring her horse. Why is that funny?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:One of the funniest things I ever read on my kid’s college Facebook parent site was someone asking if anyone could recommend a place near campus where her kid could keep her horse. That’s right, her kid was bringing her HORSE to college!

Um, this is not unusual for students who are on a college equestrian team or in the riding club.

Trust me, that was not the case. And if this kid was on the college equestrian team (which doesn’t exist BTW), don’t you think they’d know where to keep a horse?

Why exactly do you think they will do with it if she doesn’t bring it? A lot of people sell them, but if your kid still wants to ride, they need a horse and the horse needs to be ridden and taken care of. It’s not like a family dog that you leave home with mom and dad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh, please. Rich people are not discriminated against. All the top schools are filled with filthy rich kids.

Seriously! I found OP's question to be so naive + quaint. Schools depend on development cases. There would be no FA + scholarships w/o rich people.

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Anonymous wrote:Experts (private college counselors in DMV) say that the only two things not to write about are horses and sailing.

They have to make stuff up, so the parents don’t realize they are unnecessary.

Indeed. Totally agree!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One of the funniest things I ever read on my kid’s college Facebook parent site was someone asking if anyone could recommend a place near campus where her kid could keep her horse. That’s right, her kid was bringing her HORSE to college!

Um, this is not unusual for students who are on a college equestrian team or in the riding club.

Trust me, that was not the case. And if this kid was on the college equestrian team (which doesn’t exist BTW), don’t you think they’d know where to keep a horse?

Why exactly do you think they will do with it if she doesn’t bring it? A lot of people sell them, but if your kid still wants to ride, they need a horse and the horse needs to be ridden and taken care of. It’s not like a family dog that you leave home with mom and dad.

really a dumb, and not at all funny comment that the PP was laughing at. Horses are not disposable and while many would choose to sell or lease the horse when college came, they can't simply leave an elite competition horse in a field while they are at school. We sold our horse prior to going to college but my DD's best friend at college brought her TWO with her (and does not ride on the team).

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Okay, so I’m the weird one. Note - my kid doesn’t know anyone who brought a horse to college. Lots of dogs and cats in the apartments, but no horses as far as she knows.

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Anonymous wrote:Okay, so I’m the weird one. Note - my kid doesn’t know anyone who brought a horse to college. Lots of dogs and cats in the apartments, but no horses as far as she knows.

All rich girls bring their horses. If the college doesn’t have an equestrian team, they board them at a local stable. I was a middle class rider who grew up envying all the rich girls I rode with. Not sure I’ve recovered.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One of the funniest things I ever read on my kid’s college Facebook parent site was someone asking if anyone could recommend a place near campus where her kid could keep her horse. That’s right, her kid was bringing her HORSE to college!

Um, this is not unusual for students who are on a college equestrian team or in the riding club.

Trust me, that was not the case. And if this kid was on the college equestrian team (which doesn’t exist BTW), don’t you think they’d know where to keep a horse?

So maybe the kid simply wanted to use her free time riding her horse? What's it to you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Okay, so I’m the weird one. Note - my kid doesn’t know anyone who brought a horse to college. Lots of dogs and cats in the apartments, but no horses as far as she knows.

Well congrats to your kid. There may only be a handful of kids who do bring a horse so I am not surprised. They also tend to spend their free time with said horse riding or with other riding friends so that may be why she doesn’t know anyone. So weird to be think that just because your kid doesn’t know any means it can’t be commonplace to do. My DD has two freshman friends who brought their horses to school (midsize state u).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter did ballet 30-50 hours a week for years and schools didn’t seem to care. They just want a high GPA, rigorous classes and leadership.

How did she do 50 hours/week while also going to school? Genuinely curious!

That was during performance weeks. In the studio from 3-10 and most of the weekend. It was hell.

Curious but is she a professional dancer now/on the path to becoming one?