Question about recruitment

[Anonymous]

Hello, I would like to get a better understanding of what goes on in recruiting an athlete.
Let's say that m son was considered second round at a private university.
No offers yet of money, but they describe 20 hours a week of training. Can he get good grades with these hours in say a business/accounting or perhaps architecture major? What about a hard science? Do college athletes have enough time to study and do well.

[Anonymous]

You have to maintain a minimum GPA to be on most college athletic teams; usually there are mandatory study hall sessions to help facilitate this.

Only you can speak to whether or not your child can balance it.

[Anonymous]

The minimum GPA is 2.0

There are minimum study halls snd free tutors.

Depending on the school there is alumni connections.

At my sons school it’s very hard to do business and athletics, but 25% do it. It nearly impossible to do engineering but a few do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hello, I would like to get a better understanding of what goes on in recruiting an athlete.
Let's say that m son was considered second round at a private university.
No offers yet of money, but they describe 20 hours a week of training. Can he get good grades with these hours in say a business/accounting or perhaps architecture major? What about a hard science? Do college athletes have enough time to study and do well.

Of course he can. Most students with jobs or athletics get better grades anyway. Also let your kid pick his own major. What is this helicopter parent bs?

[Anonymous]

Four of our children are or have been recruited athletes at D1 schools for three different sports. If your child is going to play for the school then s/he needs to know that it is like having a full-time job on top of going to school full-time. It is a great, wonderful, hard, wild, difficult, rewarding experience but it takes a.lot.of.time.and.effort.

Just like any college student your child needs to pick a major that s/he finds interesting and that will lead to employment after graduating. Most athletes do not go pro so do not make the mistake of thinking that your kid will.

Your kid's primary focus needs to be on getting a good education so he or she can find a job after college. In the meantime he or she will work two jobs, attending college full-time and playing a sport full-time. The only difference being off-season makes is that the athlete isn't traveling; otherwise off-season is as much work as in-season.

Our kids have loved being athletes in college and wouldn't change the experience for anything. But make no mistake, it is hard to be a good scholar and a good athlete.

Good luck!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Four of our children are or have been recruited athletes at D1 schools for three different sports. If your child is going to play for the school then s/he needs to know that it is like having a full-time job on top of going to school full-time. It is a great, wonderful, hard, wild, difficult, rewarding experience but it takes a.lot.of.time.and.effort.

Just like any college student your child needs to pick a major that s/he finds interesting and that will lead to employment after graduating. Most athletes do not go pro so do not make the mistake of thinking that your kid will.

Your kid's primary focus needs to be on getting a good education so he or she can find a job after college. In the meantime he or she will work two jobs, attending college full-time and playing a sport full-time. The only difference being off-season makes is that the athlete isn't traveling; otherwise off-season is as much work as in-season.

Our kids have loved being athletes in college and wouldn't change the experience for anything. But make no mistake, it is hard to be a good scholar and a good athlete.

Good luck!

Thanks.
Dumb question, what if my son wants to quit the sport after 1 year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Four of our children are or have been recruited athletes at D1 schools for three different sports. If your child is going to play for the school then s/he needs to know that it is like having a full-time job on top of going to school full-time. It is a great, wonderful, hard, wild, difficult, rewarding experience but it takes a.lot.of.time.and.effort.

Just like any college student your child needs to pick a major that s/he finds interesting and that will lead to employment after graduating. Most athletes do not go pro so do not make the mistake of thinking that your kid will.

Your kid's primary focus needs to be on getting a good education so he or she can find a job after college. In the meantime he or she will work two jobs, attending college full-time and playing a sport full-time. The only difference being off-season makes is that the athlete isn't traveling; otherwise off-season is as much work as in-season.

Our kids have loved being athletes in college and wouldn't change the experience for anything. But make no mistake, it is hard to be a good scholar and a good athlete.

Good luck!

Thanks.
Dumb question, what if my son wants to quit the sport after 1 year?

As long as your son is not failing, he won't be kicked out of school. However, if he has received athletic scholarship money, that will be gone. When my DS was going through the recruitment process, we kept hearing "fit, fit, fit." Make sure you pick a school you want to stay at even if you're not playing your sport. If you get injured, or get cut (which happens in my DS' sport) will you want to stay at that school or transfer?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Four of our children are or have been recruited athletes at D1 schools for three different sports. If your child is going to play for the school then s/he needs to know that it is like having a full-time job on top of going to school full-time. It is a great, wonderful, hard, wild, difficult, rewarding experience but it takes a.lot.of.time.and.effort.

Just like any college student your child needs to pick a major that s/he finds interesting and that will lead to employment after graduating. Most athletes do not go pro so do not make the mistake of thinking that your kid will.

Your kid's primary focus needs to be on getting a good education so he or she can find a job after college. In the meantime he or she will work two jobs, attending college full-time and playing a sport full-time. The only difference being off-season makes is that the athlete isn't traveling; otherwise off-season is as much work as in-season.

Our kids have loved being athletes in college and wouldn't change the experience for anything. But make no mistake, it is hard to be a good scholar and a good athlete.

Good luck!

Thanks.
Dumb question, what if my son wants to quit the sport after 1 year?

As long as your son is not failing, he won't be kicked out of school. However, if he has received athletic scholarship money, that will be gone. When my DS was going through the recruitment process, we kept hearing "fit, fit, fit." Make sure you pick a school you want to stay at even if you're not playing your sport. If you get injured, or get cut (which happens in my DS' sport) will you want to stay at that school or transfer?

+1 I am the first poster. I agree with the PP about all of his points.

It happens that kids quit. The money will be gone, whether it is scholarship or merit aid achieved through the sport, but the kid won't lose his place at the school unless there is a reason like bad grades or some sort of violation.

I want to add that in addition to "fit, fit, fit" you need to "like & respect the coach, like & respect the coach, like & respect the coach." Your kid does not want to be playing for a coach who is a jerk. If you get a bad vibe about a coach then you need to RUN out the door. Life is too short to put up with coaches who are arrogant jerks and I don't care whether your kid is going to be the team's #1 star or the 5th string.

Good luck!

[Anonymous]

OP here. DS would not have been accepted at this top school has it not been for sports. He has the academic ability though. It would be best for him to quit after a year to concentrate on academics

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. DS would not have been accepted at this top school has it not been for sports. He has the academic ability though. It would be best for him to quit after a year to concentrate on academics

I think you need to take 10 steps back. You are already planning what your son will do in 2 years?!? Also some kids thrive under the pressure and will do better if they have the schedule of the sport and the infrastructure from that to keep them on track

[Anonymous]

My DS was an athlete at SLAC D3 school. No athletic scholarships at his school ever. No tutors, I think that’s a D1 thing. A D3 student can quit the sport at any time basically because there is no money involved. My DS stayed with it all four years and it was a great experience for him.

[Anonymous]

OP, for many students, playing a sport is absolutely, positively the only way that student would set foot on that campus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, for many students, playing a sport is absolutely, positively the only way that student would set foot on that campus.

Sure, but that doesn’t mean they won’t succeed once they arrive.

[Anonymous]

OP, could you please explain “second round at a university”? I am unfamiliar with that phrase.