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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]SJC robotics team performs well in competitions.  I am surprised there are any requirements to join.  I haven’t heard that’s the case.  However during the main season (January to April), it’s like a varsity sport time wise.

Regarding sports, you can walk on to freshman teams and get playing time, but it gets less at JV and then nonexistent at varsity (unless you turn out to be a superstar…I am sure that has happened though I never witnessed with my own eyeballs).

You still have to practice just as hard as everyone else, so you need to decide if it is worth it to be on the varsity team junior and senior year and get almost zero playing time.

Teams like XCountry, rugby and crew are no cut or nearly no cut.[/quote]

The freshman teams are not walk on. This is misinformation except for running. Not even golf or tennis took any freshman boys. Baseball took 1 non-recruited freshman from tryouts.

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Yes!  Pay attention to this!  If you want your kid to play a sport, any sport, the odds of them making a team as a walk on are slim to none. SJC recruits its athletes heavily and aims to be a sport pipeline to the pros more than anything else. This is not a school where kids normally walk on. If sports are important to your kid then you need to know this. Your good but not stellar athlete will be able to be on a team almost anywhere else. At SJC, He’ll end up a manager or a fan in the stands. My son regrets giving up his sport to go to SJC. It has weighed heavily on him.

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So this is well known. I’m sorry you were not aware.  Kids coming from a Catholic or private school are counseled about the sports part. I remember many discussions with friends whose kids opted for other schools because of this very issue. Are you new to DC or did you come from public school? You’ve done a good turn by making others aware. [/to quote]

I know kids who walked onto freshman football, freshman and jv soccer (girls and boys), ice hockey, tennis, golf, XC, wrestling, crew, rugby. And I don’t know that many people. There are try-outs for many but, yes, kids walk on all the time.

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This is definitely not the case now, at least not with boys soccer, including the freshman team. Its very competitive at all levels. No direct experience with the others but I am sure some are similar.[/quote]

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