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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]On college scholarships for sports and swimming, this article is _extremely_ eye-opening.  For those in other professions, this comes from a high-level industry publication for higher education:

https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-myth-of-the-sports-scholarship/[/quote]

I’ve seen that article before. It is definitely a worthwhile read especially for those with younger star swimmers. It does gloss over a bit that her achievements tapered when she hit her teen years (not atypical for a lot of kids whose body doesn’t develop the right way for swimming). It highlights her early achievements without talking much of her later years. If you look at her times, she was a consistent top 5 NVSL girl early on, but then fell off. [/quote]

I don’t get comfortable families pushing kids for athletic scholarships if kids don’t plan to go to the Olympics.   Let them enjoy college and have time for academics and other interests. Most don’t swim after college.  [/quote]

DCUM:  Summer swimming is so elitist, because all of those parents watching the meet are probably too busy to volunteer so asking them for a couple hours a week for six weeks is too much.

Also DCUM:  Parents shouldn't even have to think about paying for college.  It's so easy! The only thing that matters is Olympic level achievement![/quote]

Someone upthread posted they ask for 27 volunteer hours per swimmer. So you’re asking for 4.5 hours per week per swimmer? That seems ridiculous. [/quote]

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