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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is teeny, teeny, teeny tiny. My inlaws have a place on the water in Chestertown so it has always been on our radar. Its close enough and far enough and the aid makes it almost instate competitive.

My son plays baseball (and easily could have played there) but the coach never reached out. My son actually reached to him and asked about  a visit while we were on campus for kids with academic scholarships. but he never responded.

W[b]hile there for the acade3mic thing  we did the math and figured only about 20% of the class doesn't play a sport. So, if you aren't on a team, your social life is bleak af[/b].

My son now plays club at a large west coast school and absolutely 100% made the right choice.[/quote]
The total undergrad enrollment is about 900 students, so that would mean roughly 720 of them play a sport; that's not even close to reality. And no, social life for non-athletes is not "bleak". [/quote]

DP- Yeah it is extremely close to reality, if it isn't spot on. My DD's counsleor told her it was about that and when we did the tour, the guide told us it was about 75%, but women's golf still wasnt an option.

I mean, you could have at least Googled it before making an ass of yourself, even online they claim over 60% of enrolled students play a sport. This is very well known.

https://washcollsports.com/sports/2022/6/7/insideAthletics-about-wcathletics.aspx#:~:text=A%3A%20Approximately%2030%25%20of%20the,club%20sport%20or%20recreational%20program.[/quote]
As previously noted, the figure includes intramurals. That's a pretty good participation rate for the overall student body, but it certainly isn't the "jocks only" wasteland you made it out to be.

And good for you, going someplace else. I get the impression it wouldn't have been a good fit anyway.[/quote]

Actually, it is. You are simply wrong. And I find it immesnsly funny you are still angry a day later.

UVA, for example and by comparsion has 750 student athletes amongst a student population of 22,000 students. Even if you double that to account for intramurals it isn't even a tiny fraction of what exists at Washington College.  Same with UMD at 1500ish athletes amongst 40,000 students.

Athletic participation there literally dwarfs the average at most other schools

I find it perplexing that you spend so much time and effort defending it from being what it is. Are you ashamed it is mosty mediocre athletes going to a mediocre school?[/quote]

My mediocre student-athlete may end up at Washington College, so happy to hear it sounds like the right fit!  He loves his sport and wants to continue playing, and frankly I think having a built in schedule (class study, practice) will help him with his time management skills which are also mediocre due to his ADHD.  He also struggles with anxiety, so his mediocre social skills might benefit from being part of a team and maybe help him have a more successful college experience.  And the fact that the school itself is academically mediocre makes this a home run for my TO, barely 3.0 kid.  But I'm probably wrong about all of this since I was a mediocre kid who went to a mediocre school also.   [/quote]

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