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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am laughing at this veneration of the “student athlete”.  I’ve had two kids graduate high school and many of their friends went on to D3 schools to play their sports.  Most of them were pretty average players on on a crappy MCPS high school team.  Based on my observation, outside of the top SLACs, it’s not all that hard to get on a D3 team.  I am honesty shocked some of these kids were recruited.[/quote]

Look, there are lots of very high acceptance, random D3 schools where kids can play sports.  Some parents and kids are myopic...they are absolutely going to play Sport X in some college somewhere, even though they know there is no Pro career after college and the school may not produce a great life outcome.  The best HS/Travel coaches will reinforce that college is a 40 year decision, not a 4 year decision.
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Agree. For D3 SLAC sports, let's not put Amherst and Stevenson in the same bucket.  Think T30 or so. There are levels to this.[/quote]

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