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[quote=Anonymous]Be careful what you wish for and do your research. Know what division your kid would be competitive in and then narrow down pools by waitlist length. 45 min doesn’t make sense, but driving 10-15 min while you wait for a different pool might make sense if it’s that important to you.

I have a friend who bought a house to get a membership at an NVSL D1 pool. One parent was a D1 collegiate swimmer. Their kids are decent swimmers, but not good enough to swim A meets. They are jealous that my kids swim A meets at our middle division pool. Conversely my kids are not amazing swimmers, but they work hard and are good enough for a Division 5/6/7/8 pool. We applied for Overlee when I was pregnant with my oldest and got a membership offer the spring of his 3rd grade year. Thankfully it didn’t come earlier because we may have accepted it! Fortunately we got a membership to a different pool a few years earlier and already knew our kids were not NVSL D1 material. We’d rather stay where our kids are having fun AND competitive.

But lastly summer swim is only 6-8 weeks of your year. What if your kid quits swimming when they are a teenager? Why not move close to your preferred club and apply to any convenient pool? Worst case scenario it’s a super high division number and your kid is a super superstar. [/quote]

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