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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Upper middle class white kids are in a dead zone for admissions unless they’re a recruitable athlete.  They’re in the same pile as rich kids, private and boarding school kids but have a fraction of the resources.  Especially if you live in a high COL area.

And moving in high school should be considered the disadvantage that it is. [/quote]

Correct.

But with squash, field hockey, volleyball, lacrosse, baseball, golf, tennis, wrestling, water polo, fencing, cross country, etc, etc, etc, there's plenty of opportunities for UMC white kids to get a hook.[/quote]

You must have toddlers if you think these sports don’t cost a bloody fortune. To support my kid’s high school tennis “career” (not scholarship or D1 level) was $20,000 a year.  This is pocket change in the tennis training world. To be recruitable in these sports, parents are spending major cash. [/quote]

$20,000 per year?  My kid is an equestrian and I spend over $100k a year and my kid is not recruitable (even if she was, there is no $$ for equestrian and college equestrian is very much a step backward from A circuit showing).[/quote]

Yes, horses cost more. I’m not complaining that it didn’t make him recruitable, I’m saying that’s pocket change compared to what it takes to be recruited.  I grew up showing hunters -  it’s not a recruitable college sport. But if you’re spending $100,000 a year on a sport, you’re not the “UMC dead zone” this conversation was about. [/quote]

True.  We are not.  We were until we have up our government jobs a few years ago and went into industry.  [/quote]

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