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[quote=Anonymous]Having essentially tried this with mixed success, let me add a couple of thoughts, some of which mimic the above.  I would say the key thing to know is to be realistic, and as someone stated, you should look at bios of players of schools where your child might be interested in to see if s/he (don't remember whether it is a boy or girl) is on track. Most kids and parents have unrealisitic expectations entering college, and this is also true for non-scholarship athletes.  In some ways, the non-scholarship athlete is harder because it is more of a crap shoot -- if your child is good enough for a scholarship, they will usually be found but the non-scholarship athlete falls into a pretty big basket, and then at elite schools, it is often grades/scores and need for the particular position, but a lot of coaches will have preferences for local kids for a variety of reasons.  And it is also dicier in that many kids who think they have a commit as a non scholarship athlete end up at a totally different school often not playing.  But to answer your original question, colleges say they are way over the 20 extracurriculars plus feeding the homeless and are now all about single focussed activity, one that shows passion and dedication so probably not a risk in focussing on one activity and probably a greater risk in starting to join 10 clubs in the Fall.  Good luck with it all.    [/quote]

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