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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are your kids interested in college play or going pro? Not you, but your kids. I’m legitimately curious so please no snark. [/quote]

My kid is in DA but is not interested in playing at university. He has said it would just take too much time. We have relatives who played for D1 schools and the feedback they all gave us was "lots of fun playing but off-field was an absolute miserable grind of homework and fitness."   I think my husband is actually kind of anti-sports in college and would prefer a more intense academic focus (he comes from a family of university professors).

We are interested in any potential admissions office bounce that may come from playing sports though but are exploring if he needs to stay in DA for that or can switch to a less time-consuming club or HS and still get that admissions office bump. [/quote]

This really doesn’t make sense.  The only admissions bump you get is if your kid commits to play  for the college team.  If your son doesn’t want that, no,bump, no matter how good he is. [/quote]

There is actually a bump, even for a non-player. It goes to the overall strength of the applicant and while not as significant a pure athletic direct recruit, it is still a bump worth considering.

There was another thread here a few months ago during the Harvard lawsuit that is quite informative.

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/135/827019.page#15671114

Basically, as it relates to Harvard (but can be applied to other schools) a "blue-chip" recruit gets an Athletic grade of #1. This is a player of "national, international or Olympic caliber, or one directly recruited by a Harvard coach". Students with an athletic #1 have over an 80% chance of admission. An athletic grade #2, which is a 'leadership role on a club or a secondary school team of regional or state recognition' can give a student a 60% chance of admission. An athletic level 3 is just "active participant in a sport" which has no impact on admissions.

That thread has a long discussion on college admissions / academic load if you are curious. [/quote]

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