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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Activities that require talent have try-outs. How is someone finding this out for the first time in college?[/quote]

+1.   DD tried out for club soccer team at a big college (15k students).  Team took 2 of the 45 girls trying out.  [/quote]

I can speak to this based on my kids' personal experience (and my kid made the team). It's not like club teams post their evaluation criteria publically, so the best a prospective student can do is email the students in charge and ask. However, even that might not get them true answers, because most club teams are student run, and students can change their minds about what they want the teams to be. My kid is on a team that apparently was low-key and accepting to a wider pool of talent when we first looked at the school two years ago. Last year, the club started to go in a more competitive direction, and it is even more competitive this fall. He made the team, but gets to play infrequently, which is not how the club sport was described when we toured last year.

For those blaming the students, we should all agree that it has become more difficult for this generation to connect with each other. Making activities more and more exclusive does little to help those struggling to find their people.[/quote]

Club sports did not even exist when I was in college, I’d say there are plenty of activities available.  There’s just too many helicoptering parents who never want to see their kid not get something.[/quote]

Are you in college now? One of my other kids, who isn't a stellar athlete, was not good enough to play on a club team. Intramurals? You had to sign up as a team. So how are kids supposed to make connections through sports if they don't have a friend group to create a team?[/quote]

You have to advertise, physically hand out flyers, tell everyone you know, word of mouth.  There are probably a lot of students who would love to do a fun activity like intramurals.   [/quote]

This is not how it works now.
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