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[quote=Anonymous]Reading this thread reminded me that my May-birthday DH had been redshirted. He had a health issue that required regular treatment throughout MS, at which time he somehow outgrew the issue. I believe this is the primary reason he was redshirted, though I suspect that his teacher/coach dad whose family was big into athletics may have been tempted to redshirt anyway. We were chatting about this thread, and DH noted that being redshirted was really annoying for sports as he usually had to "play up a grade" over the summer because many leagues are age-based. Being older/bigger wasn't a huge advantage.

I am an August birthday and went on-time; I loved being one of the youngest in my class and was always a top performer. My parents contemplated giving me another year of pre-k, but apparently I seemed very ready and excited for school. &lt;snark&gt; I only went to a top 25 school, though I did get in to two Ivies; perhaps Princeton would have accepted me if I'd just waited another year before starting K... &lt;/snark&gt;[/quote]

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