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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To get into a college you wouldn’t have gotten into otherwise, although in that case, you can quit the day you arrive on campus for freshmen year with no repercussions. [/quote]

VERY very few families look at this way. I’d say probably &lt;1% of families are savvy gunners using it to get into a super selective college. Majority just want to brag their kid “plays at the next level” and will go to crappy colleges they’d never otherwise consider to make it happen. Dumb as hell. [/quote]

Or, like us, you want your sports-obsessed child to actually go to college so they have a good chance of making a living wage and being independent, and the only way that child can envision slogging through four more years of academics is if they also get to play the sport they love. So going to a less selective school and playing is desirable, whereas going to a more selective school and quitting is not. But go ahead and be snarky and snooty about it if that’ll make you feel good.[/quote]

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