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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a kid like this.

He's an incredibly hard worker.  Anything he does, he does to win, and it's reflected both in his sport and in his academics.

He's my youngest so between things like ID camps, and being dragged along on his siblings college tours, he's seen a lot of schools, and he's clear that he wants the big school experience.  He wants the intensity that comes with D1 athletics.

People often suggest that we apply a broken leg test.  But if he broke his leg, he'd want to be hobbling into the stands at Ohio State.  He's pretty sure he'd choose playing club at UMD over playing varsity at WashU.  So, we are looking at some D3's to help sort that out.

But mostly, we're looking at big schools.  I'll make sure that he sees some of the high academic schools with big sports cultures.  He liked Notre Dame, for example.  I also think we'll investigate honors colleges at state schools.  But in the end, it will be a choice.

The way I see it, he's a kid who knows how to work hard and find a path to what he wants.  I think he's going to land on his feet wherever he goes.  [/quote]

This is very helpful, and I appreciate your input. I have to remind myself, but ultimately I agree. A kid who is this hard working will be fine. I need to land the chopper if he decides he’s not interested in a top academic d3 and chooses a large/state school instead. And yes, he’s a typical over confident athlete and he tends to think he will be able to walk on a d1 team (not every d1, but the ones he thinks he’s close in range for).

Norte Dame seems like a great fit for this sort of kid. Unfortunately for us they seem to not have a need for my dcs position, so it’s not happening for him.

[b]I worry about that broken leg test.. if my dc broke his leg, I don’t know what he’d do…. [/b]

My advice to you if you happen to want it is to try to get your dc in front of these coaches if he’s interested in schools. Dcs stats are not as high as they could be, but he found that when he met and worked with coaches at camps, they were interested in him. I think coaches see the spark and no your dc will do his best to contribute. 
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PP with the similar kid.

Are you saying that you don’t know what school he would pick if he wasn’t going to play at all?  Because I think that’s an important question to explore, even though it’s not the only factor.

Or are you saying that you don’t know how your kid would emotionally handle not being able to play for a period, or a career ending injury.  That’s always hard for intense kids.

And thank you for the advice on getting in front of coaches.  We have been trying and I am glad to hear it’s paid off.  [/quote]

Pp. I don’t know how my dc would handle a sport ending injury. It would be catastrophic.

Yes, definitely get in front of coaches as much as possible, even if it’s signing up for some paid training camp. I was reluctant at first, but one of dc’s best recruiting offers came from a school that he hadn’t heard from last year, but he ended up at a training session with this coach, and they hit it off. [/quote]

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