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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Harder would be getting a full ride athletic scholarship D1[/quote]

Harder than getting a D1 sports scholarship is getting accepted to a top music or theater conservatory program.[/quote]

I agree scholarships for music or theater are really hard to come by. Most of my high school friends were non-athletes and they were by large talented in these endeavors.

I did meet both criteria set forth by the OP. I was All-State on track as a 9th grader (a hefty 105 pounds) so making varsity was not difficult. I ended up winning a national prep championship in my senior year. Notwithstanding, obtaining high grades and a SAT score was harder for me than athletics. Statistically this doesn’t make sense but I came from a single mother home with dysfunction and addiction. My high school years were by and large fun, so I wasn’t a victim in any sense. But I was immature with lousy organization and study habits.  My high school was excellent with teachers who went the extra mile, and they weren’t afraid of correcting me.  I needed it. I won a race in my AP English teacher’s neighborhood. I was spiked and bleeding a bit, and I walked over to his house, bleeding a bit on his kitchen floor, as he spent an hour discussing college and the need to rid of the “wing it” attitude. He knew zero about sports but cared about me. Who gets this in this life?

I was recruited by major sports schools - the usual suspects - but the decision came down to which school could get me into small classes as soon as possible. Just learning to obtain competitive study habits without the favoritism that obtains for athletes (it is real) was an enormous struggle. I used to think it was absurd to have the school pay for all my education because I ran track, but I needed it. And the decision to invest in a marginal sport like track was a risky one too. It all worked out well. Luck, and more luck, really.

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