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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] Especially once all that parental time/energy (+ opportunity cost) is taken into account, it seems like it would be cheaper to just pay for college.... even assuming the child was to get one of these coveted scholarships that are apparently so hard to get. Has anyone actually done a cost/benefit analysis for this?[/quote] No, probably not. But if you figure $3000/year for travel soccer * 8 years, you'd better have better than a 1 in 8 chance for a (full) scholarship to make the "investment" worthwhile.[/quote] It was explained to me several years ago that for people spending that much money, it's not about the scholarship. It's about getting into a better college than the kid would've made academically. Which makes sense if you play for, say, UVA. A little less if you're at, say, Christopher Newport.[/quote]
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