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[quote=Anonymous]Mine is at Williams in her senior year. Her sport has been a fantastic experience and she’s getting a great education. Maybe she would’ve gotten into the school without it but I’m happy she didn’t have to roll those dice. It was also nice to hit campus with a built-in friend group, which endured. She’s worked hard in class and is heading to grad school next year. Playing wasn’t always easy and she did get hurt and miss part of one season, but on balance it was great for her and it gave us a connection to the place we haven’t felt with our other kids’ schools. We’ll miss watching her games but not the horrible drives. You know it’s bad when you’re excited that it’s *only* a five hour slog. And the home games, yeesh.

Sorry to all the posters for whom sports didn’t work out very well, and I do think that we focus on sports a little too much in this country. I remember many holiday weekends ruined because of this tournament or that. But my daughter always loved playing and we weren’t about to stop her, even if it had led to a different outcome. About half of her travel team played in college. I don’t recall any of those who quit, though one blew an ACL and it ended early. [/quote]

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