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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a kid with top athletics and top academics.  He's not a senior, so still in the process, and we anticipate that the decision will be difficult to make.

Recruitment might not get him his first choice school.  Also, at some schools the time commitment of sports can make the major he wants, and things like extracurriculars and internships really hard or impossible.

So, he's not at all sure he'll end up taking an offer. [/quote]

I tried to get mine to give it up so they could do different things in college than they've done for a dozen years.  I was unsuccessful and it worked out okay but I don't know that making the commitment to play sports in college makes much sense at all.  When they started in with club sports at a young age, I really didn't quite understand where it was leading unfortunately.

It can be useful to get access to a top institution or to get money and for some students it's the right choice.  For others, I think it interferes with moving on to better things.[/quote]

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