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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We prioritized academics.  This sport gives pretty much peanuts if anything for males.

My kid was a straight A, high score kid. We told him to find the best school for academics first.  He could get injured. He could barely see the field. He could not like the coach.

We are going to school to get a degree and a job.

My kid had some pretty low academic schools after him.  Think T200+.

He got into an Ivy on his own. Played club and eventually got on the varsity team.  Had a great time and doesn’t ha e that imposter syndrome that he only got in due to a sport.  [/quote]

This is not the same. The kid is looking at giving up a likely guaranteed top academic school to try to a tippy top academic school. No one is looking at a top 20 school thinking a kid didn’t prioritize academics by electing to go there. For example, if a high stats athlete chose to take a guaranteed spot at Rice versus trying to get into Yale, no one would think the kid is only focused on sports.

your child’s case (sports at a top 200 school versus trying to a better one) is not what this post is about. It is shocking, though, bc to be an athlete in the ivy league - even a walk on- you need to be an excellent athlete. I don’t know why other top schools weren’t pursuing him. [/quote]

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