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[quote=Anonymous]For our family the primary motivators were love of the sport, admissions advantage, and kid’s desire to potentially go pro later. He did receive an athletic scholarship, but that was just gravy.

The sport is certainly extremely time-consuming, but I wouldn’t say it is intensely disruptive to his academics at all. Like most D1 athletes, he’s needed to reschedule some tests for games or have them proctored on the road. He could not have majored in a lab-heavy area, or in anything involving the arts, but those were not areas of interest for him. You do have to work hard to balance the sport and school, but he has teammates who have successfully completed engineering or physics degrees. It’s manageable for a motivated student.

The social life part is a mix. You are not going to have as much downtime as the average student or be able to go to parties every weekend. You also can’t join most clubs. But most athletes are tight with their teammates and the kids they meet in their dorms. My son’s social circle also includes a large number of athletes from other teams on campus plus all their non-athlete friends.

Kids we know who play D3 have loved their experience and have to make far fewer trade offs. And I never met anyone who didn’t love playing club sports or intramurals in college. Regardless of the level, sports are a great way to meet people and build a community. [/quote]

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