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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Okay, I will try to answer this. My DD's sport has been her passion since early ES. Now, in 9th grade, it is clear that she is good enough to play in college. She is also really smart and a straight A student so far (yes, it is early, but AAP middle school, Honors 9th grade, tests very well). But pretty much nobody gets into an ivy without a hook. So she is starting to realize, hey, maybe I can use my sport to get into an Ivy. Because yes, she loves her sport, and she has put in soooooo much work and missed out on so much over the years. But the one thing she has put above her sport is academics. And she has worked hard there, too. And she is not going to make a career out of her sport. Plus, she is not good enough to go to a top 10 (in her sport) school. But she is good enough to play at an Ivy, most of which are not very good in her sport. But in the end, she wants that degree. [b]Not the one from an academically mediocre but amazing in her sport school.[/b] How does that not make sense to you??[/quote]

Maybe your dc is different and certainly women’s college sports are different and typically not as competitive as men’s in terms of recruiting standards, but ime a kid who is a focused and talented athlete is not going to want a mediocre sports school. They will want a good school with a strong team in their sport [/quote]

PP here. And yes, I agree there is a difference between men's and women's sports but there are plenty of "focused and talented athletes" that are great but not the very greatest. [b]But I would bet even some of the very greatest are more interested in getting the best education they can get while also playing the sport they love.[/b] [/quote]

I don’t know of any personally who would choose a very mediocre sports team because it had a brand name that typically are most important to parents. To me, it seems that many parents are pushing this stuff. I also find it interesting that you assume a school that has good sports is automatically a poor or as you say ‘mediocre’ education. [/quote]

I don't assume. But the schools that at the very best in my DD's sport are not the very best academically. And college is the end of the line for her sport. I mean exists professionally, but it is not big and she has no interest in pursuing that. [/quote]

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