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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Be careful what you wish for, OP.

Recruited athletes don't always fare well in privates where there are kids who have been there since elementary school. They may play (which maybe is your only concern), but they may not be well-liked or included socially.

This from a Mom whose kid was not recruited, played for years at private and played in college - so I am happy how it turned out for my son, but I can tell you that a bunch of parents of "recruited" players were really resentful and didn't include the recruited kid's parents in their social circle. And, the kid wasn't particularly well-liked.

Maybe that's not on your radar, but it should be.
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No it should not be on your radar.  What a ridiculous statement.  This poster said there was one kid who was shunned because he took some full pay lifer's spot on the sports team at STA(?).   There may be a couple kids and parents at IAC schools (WCAC schools are all high schools only) who get their panties in a twist because some athlete comes in at high school and all of a sudden their kid doesn't make a team, but the majority don't shun the new kids as a result.  We tell our kids from an early age that there is no guarantee you will make a team just because....there will always be kids who are better than you athletically.  Find something else to do, or work harder to make a team.  And if someone shuns you or your kid that is their problem, not yours.  If the school let your kid in then they belong there and deserve to be there and to experience all the school has to offer without worrying about whether they offend someone by being a better athlete than someone else.

And FWIW your child will be accepted more easily in 9th grade at STA if he is an athlete than if he isn't.   [/quote]

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