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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids aren’t there yet. However, I have seen some kids go to colleges I have never heard of or not as strong academically to play a sport. One girl in particular got into Johns Hopkins but decided to go play tennis at some large state school. She got injured in college, graduated and now teaches little kids how to play tennis at a country club.

My son also plays tennis. We have always told him that academics is first. He has been told he can play college tennis but it wont be at the better colleges he is interested in.[/quote]

I am glad that (at least for now) my daughter is firm that she will go to the academically best school she can get into, whether they want her for her sport or not. But OP's kid is not in the situation described above. He is in the opposite situation where he could potentially go to a [i]better[/i] school as a recruited athlete. That makes this a verrrry tough decision. [/quote]

I'm the OP - thank you for recognizing how tough that aspect is. I really didn't know how significant this recruited athlete hook can be until DS got deep into this process.  Lots of opinions about whether it's fair or not, but it is real.  And for DS it could mean T20 opportunity.  He is a strong student, high stats but as everyone knows that's generally not enough without a "spike" or hook. We are by no means pushing T20 schools, just to be clear.  But it did complicate the decision making a lot and make him feel like he is closing a door that he was really fortunate to have open
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I am having a hard time understanding you.  What do you mean by not a "headcount" sport?

What do you mean for a Top 20, it's not enough without a "spike" or a hook.  My kid is talking with an Ivy league school for baseball and knows a kid recruited to play...and it's pretty simple.  If you are a good enough player and have strong grades and ideally high SATs...I mean, that's it.  Your athletic ability is the spike or hook.

Ivy is D1, so I get that will be different from say MIT or Williams or other high academic D3.

Now, baseball, basketball and football are going to be different from tennis or squash, etc.  That said, baseball is nothing compared to basketball or football in terms of school awareness and fans attending games.

Other than football or basketball, there is little money for other sports.  I mean, there is more money for baseball at say LSU or Vanderbilt, but in general most D1 baseball players are receiving little to no $$$s.[/quote]

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