Are DII and DIII sports a big scam to get parents to

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Anonymous wrote:OK, I'm going to admit that on some level I send my kids to private colleges because I think they will make better friends and marry within our own socioeconomic class. They love their sports at their D3 schools because they get to see their friends from summer camp, their friends from Junior Year abroad, etc. They get to visit other schools, to travel during the year and to keep up with people.

None of my kids are probably going to be brilliant scholars, but they are happy, nice, well-rounded kids. Doing sports keeps them focused, helps with time management and helps them develop people skills. If they get hauled in to talk to the coach about their grades, it seems to carry more weight than when my wife or I yell at them. Sometimes the coach can intervene with a professor if my kid is struggling and he even has study halls for students who need a bit of extra supervision.

I prefer a small school where there's a bit of supervision and sports seems like a better use of their time and keeps them away from recreational drug use, alcohol abuse, etc.

Fire away. I'm sure you all think I'm an awful person.

Not awful. Just wealthy and someone who puts a prime emphasis on socialization.

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What happens after the 4 yrs of college? At some point, the sports stop. Or they end up playing for the local adult rec league which seems to the same as intramurals. Sports maybe a part of who they are and what makes them happy, but for most kids, sports have to end sometime.

I've seen three outcomes: a) they get real fat; b) become crossfit drones; or c) drop out of college and enlist in military.

Not sure what is wrong with the two posters here. Physical fitness is a big part of longevity and being and athlete and competing helps to create good habits. You are criticizing kids for wanting to compete?

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like a few delusional parents with "student-ATHLETES" at nobody private colleges have found this thread...

I'm glad your snowflake can continue their athletic career in front of a crowd of 9 people. Please enjoy the degree from a college nobody has ever heard of.

The level of competition I played at in DIII was way higher than high school. I was the star of my high school team and ended up being a role player at DIII. The difference between the levels is typically not skill based, it is size, speed, athleticism etc.

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like a few delusional parents with "student-ATHLETES" at nobody private colleges have found this thread...

I'm glad your snowflake can continue their athletic career in front of a crowd of 9 people. Please enjoy the degree from a college nobody has ever heard of.

Good lord you sound like an asshole. Why on earth would you care if someone else's child wants to participate in athletics in college? It's a great way to meet people, be part of a team, represent your school, pursue a passion, stay healthy and release some of the academic and social pressures of college.

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like a few delusional parents with "student-ATHLETES" at nobody private colleges have found this thread...

I'm glad your snowflake can continue their athletic career in front of a crowd of 9 people. Please enjoy the degree from a college nobody has ever heard of.

Good lord you sound like an asshole. Why on earth would you care if someone else's child wants to participate in athletics in college? It's a great way to meet people, be part of a team, represent your school, pursue a passion, stay healthy and release some of the academic and social pressures of college.

Because they won't shut up about it and lie about being a scholarship athlete (at a school that can't offer athletic scholarships and on a team that doesn't cut anyone). Half the athletes at these crappy private colleges end up quitting after a year or two. It's bush league. High schools draw more fans, high schools actually cut players!

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Anonymous wrote:OK, I'm going to admit that on some level I send my kids to private colleges because I think they will make better friends and marry within our own socioeconomic class. They love their sports at their D3 schools because they get to see their friends from summer camp, their friends from Junior Year abroad, etc. They get to visit other schools, to travel during the year and to keep up with people.

None of my kids are probably going to be brilliant scholars, but they are happy, nice, well-rounded kids. Doing sports keeps them focused, helps with time management and helps them develop people skills. If they get hauled in to talk to the coach about their grades, it seems to carry more weight than when my wife or I yell at them. Sometimes the coach can intervene with a professor if my kid is struggling and he even has study halls for students who need a bit of extra supervision.

I prefer a small school where there's a bit of supervision and sports seems like a better use of their time and keeps them away from recreational drug use, alcohol abuse, etc.

Fire away. I'm sure you all think I'm an awful person.

Not awful. Just wealthy and someone who puts a prime emphasis on socialization.

Wealthy are few and far at podunk private colleges. OP isn't talking about UChicago or Trinity. More like Lynchburg and Bethany.

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How come nobody talks about how athletics at SLACs are hooks for wealthy white families? I've watched families groom their kids for this from elementary school.

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Bingo...Apartheid grooming for the Middlebury, Bowdoin, Colby, Hamilton, Bates...even Dartmouth. Great back up options since Ivy admission is no longer automatic as it used to be 50 to 100 years ago.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like a few delusional parents with "student-ATHLETES" at nobody private colleges have found this thread...

I'm glad your snowflake can continue their athletic career in front of a crowd of 9 people. Please enjoy the degree from a college nobody has ever heard of.

Good lord you sound like an asshole. Why on earth would you care if someone else's child wants to participate in athletics in college? It's a great way to meet people, be part of a team, represent your school, pursue a passion, stay healthy and release some of the academic and social pressures of college.

Because they won't shut up about it and lie about being a scholarship athlete (at a school that can't offer athletic scholarships and on a team that doesn't cut anyone). Half the athletes at these crappy private colleges end up quitting after a year or two. It's bush league. High schools draw more fans, high schools actually cut players!

It sounds like you have an axe to grind with a small group of people who may very well be idiots themselves. But you cone across as a complete jackass. Nobody goes to a D3 school and expects 80,000 to show up fora football game. And I think it's great if no kids get cut from a team. Again, what exactly is your problem?

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Anonymous wrote:How come nobody talks about how athletics at SLACs are hooks for wealthy white families? I've watched families groom their kids for this from elementary school.

Right, because URMs never get a bump from athletics. You're the kind of race baiting troll that makes this forum intolerable at times.

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Some one is upset because their strategy is being revealed to other competitors:

So check out Wesleyan, Trinity, Davidson, Pomona, Bares, middlebury, Colby, Claremont, Wellesley, tufts, smith, Carleton, bowdoin, macalaster, haverford for these prestigious back up sanctuaries. These are fine schools with great boisterous sporting activities some hovering below the radar.

Go for it. Easier to get into than the Ivies.

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Anonymous wrote:Some one is upset because their strategy is being revealed to other competitors:

So check out Wesleyan, Trinity, Davidson, Pomona, Bares, middlebury, Colby, Claremont, Wellesley, tufts, smith, Carleton, bowdoin, macalaster, haverford for these prestigious back up sanctuaries. These are fine schools with great boisterous sporting activities some hovering below the radar.

Go for it. Easier to get into than the Ivies.

You do realize that you're supposed to take your meds every day.....right?

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I do. Have your kids check out those schools. Easy to apply only a com app away!
You can apply to all of them

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Anonymous wrote:I do. Have your kids check out those schools. Easy to apply only a com app away!
You can apply to all of them

It sounds like this bitter poster is on the run

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Anonymous wrote:Clearly you do not have a child with a passion for a sport. It's absolutely part of who they are and what makes them happy. My kid is at a NESCAC school happily playing her sport on their D3 team. Had she gone Ivy or another big D1 she would only be on their club team, and it was important to her to play on the school team. There are many great reasons to go D3. My kid is happy and playing the sport she loves. And her school is great, just not a "top school".

What happens after the 4 yrs of college? At some point, the sports stop. Or they end up playing for the local adult rec league which seems to the same as intramurals. Sports maybe a part of who they are and what makes them happy, but for most kids, sports have to end sometime.

So why play sports at all then? (ie in high school and youth sports)