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[quote=Anonymous]Did a sport at an ivy - but a 2nd string walk in, not recruited. Your kid really needs to be pretty incredible to be "recruited" - which is really a push/pull of marketing yourself for all but the most supreme athletes. For the kids who are in that category no other ECs will matter to the coach and admittance - only scores and the sport. And as other PP noted, the coaches are typically courting a range of kids and their interest can nose dive in a heart beat  on a kid based on others in the recruiting class, an injury or other factors. Very few kids are legitimately actively recruited. The althetes at my school were treated much like in high school. High status sports "heroes" and even a boost to others (more
Support from coaches trainers etc in academics, services getting housing and all the rest).  It's really hard to count on sports as a ticket (I was relatively better in 9&10 and then started getting nagging injuries etc). So just also keep perspective and also keep up or think about other interests when thinking about how to best support your kid. [/quote]

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