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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Thanks to all PPs for the helpful input. The goal is not a scholarship but to use athletic recruitment as the hook to get into an elite school. [/quote]

Please do not make this a goal/plan. You are one torn ACL away from disaster. [/quote]

I have a HS sophomore on this path.  She is happy, busy, surrounded by friends who are similarly committed to their sport.  They study, they train, and they socialize. She has two part-time jobs (teaching younger kids her sports) and will do peer tutoring for academic honor societies.  That's it.  I do think she'll have a hook for a Div 3 school at a minimum (she's in the mid-major/division 3 range of performance).  But really, even if it didn't work out that way I would not change this approach.  She is happy, works hard and is staying out of trouble.  She will get into college and be a productive member of society and her sport is crucial to her identity.  If she's injured, things would have to change but we'd adjust and she'd obviously pick up new activities.  [/quote]

Mine has had this experience as well. It’s primarily a friend group for a girl who isn’t great at cultivating friendships on her own, and has given her a sense of place in high school that can be elusive for a shy girl. That’s the other thing that sports can give kids: a built-in friend group from the start of college. She’s  done some D3 camps and every team that hosted her appeared to be very, very close. [/quote]

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