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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are many student athletes who straight up quit the first year. Your child has to absolutely live for that sport 24/7 and not want to get an insanely tough BA degree. Even D3 schools make it hard with labs. And on top of every day 2-3 hour practices and your own classes, you have mandatory study sessions, team meetings, etc...  Your weekends are traveling or playing, never relaxing or socializing. There is not much time for other clubs and college outings. It isn’t a one season sport either. Even D3 plays Fall and Spring. Winter workouts with team captains in winter.

My daughter chose an engineering degree at a college she loved over playing her sport D3 in a few colleges she wasn’t crazy about. And it was hard meeting teams/coaches she loved, but wasn’t crazy about the school. Or finding a great school and not jiving with the team. She ended up at a top engineering school and plays her club sport and IM co-ed volleyball. It is the best of both worlds. And event makes a very tight schedule. [/quote]

...for her. Many others love their colleges and their sports experience. Many other factual errors above but you don’t seem willing to listen so whatever. [/quote]

This was my first post. WTF are you talking about. Kudos to student athletes who find the perfect team, school, and degree in one college experience. My point is that it is hard and you have to want to play the sport, but also be at a college you want, earning a degree you really want.  Otherwise you should give the right thing up. For my daughter it was the sport. She played her entire life, but nothing seemed to fit when looking at colleges. We had coaches check her off after she said what she wanted to go to school for. Many dictate exactly what classes you start at. Even D3 stem schools, She has done all Calc courses in high school, but coach said “the team starts at Calc 1 no matter what. Makes it easier for your first season.” It was a turn off for her. Even by the end of high school, she was choosing summer internships over travel sport anyway. Couldn’t do both.

Many kids choose the sport over the best college or degree for them. That is fine too. Their love for the game outweighs everything else and they make it great. My daughter figured out pretty quickly when most kids in her sport were in “easy” degrees that it wasn’t for her. Many kids get into a great school because of the sport too. All the power to them. It is a personal choice for each family. But you have to want to play all of the time. It has to be the stress relief, not causing stress. Because it is harder in college than high school. I don’t think many are prepared for that. [/quote]

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