IMG Academy
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Anonymous
| Does anyone know anything about this boarding school for student-athletes? |
Anonymous
| Maybe try the boarding school section of the website "college confidential"? They have got a ton of threads on boarding schools and might have a thread on IMG academy. |
Anonymous
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I have a friend that did it for tennis. She got a full D1 scholarship to a Big East school. She considered turning pro after college but was told that she would be a low level journeyman.
She did love her IMG experience though. |
Anonymous
| How do they pay the tuition? For high school, it's $70K. Sponsors? |
Anonymous
| A friend's daughter is there now. They are a very academic family (2 phds) |
Anonymous
There is some financial aid but it mainly goes for football and basketball. Most families just pay full freight. |
Anonymous
| That is a lot of money even for DC high cost standards. |
Anonymous
| I'm the Tennis friend PP. Parents paid the whole thing. It was basically a wash since she got a full scholarship for college. Kind of a gamble if you ask me. |
Anonymous
| 95% athletics with a 5% emphasis on academics. You might have an athlete on your hands, but not a very bright one. |
Anonymous
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I had a friend who went there for a year or two, a long time ago. Also for tennis. He went to USC -- I don't think he played tennis there.
DD has a girl at her school who is number one in our state (tennis). She is going on athletic scholarship to a top 20 school. Really don't think you need IMG if your kid is super talented. |
Anonymous
I don't understand this. Even if your kid does get a scholarship, there aren't any schools that give away $70K/year ones. Wouldn't it just be better to save that money, put it in a college account, and just hire a really good private coach/be on an amazing club team? |
Anonymous
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The NYT did an article about IMG in 2004 and they interviewed some of the kids. You can search their names to see what happened to them. I don't think any of the kids they interviewed ended up in a career as a professional athlete. One of them got briefly onto the Orioles and then got released.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/28/magazine/constructing-a-teen-phenom.html |
Anonymous
| Here is a more recent article about them starting a football team. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/19/sports/football/high-school-football-inc.html |
Anonymous
| A friend's daughter just finished up there. She is off to play tennis at a top D1 school. |
Anonymous
| Do you need to spend $70K to get recruited by a D1 school? |