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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My stepson played D2 soccer in college.  He got a little playing time, and then before the start of his junior year, there was a coaching change and he got zero playing time after that.  He stuck with it though, which I admire.

But also keep in mind the major your child wants.  My stepson was a science major, and it was HARD keeping up with those studies, and missing labs for away games (doubly frustrating to ride the bench then).  His GPA did take a hit when those classes started getting tougher.  He was the only science major on the team, the rest were in business, communications, political science....[/quote]
This is good advice. I think major comes before sports but my kid has an interest in science too.[/quote]

Science major + sport is almost impossible except at D3 schools, which  will pause sports practices during finals and arrange practices to accommodate labs.

Most other teams are very restrictive about what majors will work with their schedules. Some coaches will be coy about this so you have to talk to students and investigate what’s actually possible. Look at rosters- it’s not a coincidence that most athletes gravitate toward the same majors at each school. It’s not because they’re “dumb” and can’t do science, but because it’s basically impossible to accommodate 8:30 lectures or 1-4 pm labs and be on a varsity team. Don’t be fooled by the occasional starter who is also an engineering or chem major. There’s always someone who the coach makes an exception for, but if your student is already that talented and gifted, you’re not on this thread.

An option for pre-med or science athletes is to seek out summer courses for required courses and look at loading courses into the off-season if you’re in a quarter system. Of course that’s impossible with small schools that don’t have robust summer terms or for sports without off-seasons. Post-bacs are an option that a lot of athletes pursue if they know they want to apply to med school. Major in American studies or history or anthropology and keep a high GPA, pick up a few science classes when possible, and complete the rest of the requirements in a 1-year post-bac. Apply to med school the year after that. [/quote]

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