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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son is a serious athlete who spends 20-30 hours a week on his sport basically year round. He’s hoping to play in college but we’re unsure about where he’ll ultimately be recruited and I want to make sure that he has multiple college options.

He does not really have other meaningful extra-curricular activities because he spends so much time on his sport. He worked as a camp counselor for a couple summers and will have an office internship this summer. He has good grades and decent test scores that we are hoping to improve.

Anyone have any advice or tips about how to handle this? Are there schools that care less about a large number of extra-curriculars, or that are likely to value a deep commitment to a single activity? [/quote]

Not sure what sport you are referring to but there is time and you son has to make it.  My son played Varsity Basketball all 4 years in high school. This included fall high school league play, spring and summer AAU traveling across the country 2 or three practices a night in the offseason just for AAU. OH yeah, and then there was the private training session weekly to keep improving his game. BUT, he still made time to be involved in  leadership groups in high school including hours of donating his time for various community organizations.  Schools want to see a well balance.  He is freshman at a Top 10 school this year.[/quote]

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