Reply to playing sports in college

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "playing sports in college"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]I am the same poster who just posted the question about naviance, but I didn't want to take away from that topic/question so I am posting this separately.  I am helping a friend's son with his college applications, as his mother is not from the U.S. and did not go to college and does not understand the process at all.  The son is a rising senior in high school.  Her son has been doing all research into colleges on his own thus far but in a recent conversation it became clear to me that he is very overwhelmed himself and doesn't seem to be getting a ton of guidance from his school counselor.  He is a very good soccer player and plays on his varsity high school team and for a private soccer club, however I don't think he is a top recruit.  He very much wants to play soccer in college, so his college focus has been on a small private college that invited him to attend a soccer camp last summer, and again this summer.  While the camp seems to be selective, it is not like only 10 kids were invited, many kids are going.  So it is not clear to me if he is being "recruited," or if the coach just has a general interest in him along with many other kids.  Also since the college is private, it is expensive and his mother could not afford an expensive college without a lot of financial aid.  Again, it is not clear to me if he would get any special consideration in that regard because of soccer.  So while I know my question here is very general, I wondered if anyone could give me guidance on how I can figure out what level of interest this college has in this person, and assuming it is general, then I want to encourage him to look at a number of other colleges but I know he will want to know if he can play soccer at them and I have no idea how to figure that out.  Thank  you for any help.  [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics