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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NASA in DC offers internships w UMD. He is very interested in that. We love UMD but don't want DC to be solely focused on one school. 
And yes, our family is very diverse. That being said, my son has definitely felt discriminated against in some of his AP classes. That is what he bases his thoughts on. His classmates actually call him a stupid white football player. That offends our family.
He buys into what these super intelligent kids tell him constantly.. Yes it is ignorant, he's been listening to it for years. 
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Really confused about the white football player thing. Given the demographics of the country aren't the majority of high school football players white? Think Indiana, Ohio, etc. At our MCPS high school the majority of the football players are white, and are in the same AP classes as the soccer players, band members, etc. You need to expand his world view a bit because if he says something like this in an interview he may offend, or puzzle, the interviewer. [/quote]

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I do think it is rare to be smart and athletic. My son is smart and athletic and he gets the "dumb jock" comments all the time, the assumption is that he is stupid or does not take school seriously. I do think that if you have a 4 year Varsity starter with the same stats as somebody that did not play sports, the colleges know that is a huge commitment and to be able to handle both is a star in the positives column.  [/quote]

It's not that rare.  I have 3 smart atheletic kids who played varsity for all 4 years in HS (the 2 who have graduated went on to play varsity in college at a D1 school).  They have plenty of former teammates who are bright and motivated students at great schools.  I don't think any of them has ever suffered from the "dumb jock" stereotype.  That said, yes, colleges will look at his ability to balance athletics and sports as a positive -- just as they'll regard as positive a student's commitment to writing for the newspaper for 4 years while doing well academically.     [/quote]

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