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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A friend's daughter was recruited by an Ivy to play soccer, quit the team after two years. She did not care for the coach and stopped enjoying the game. She transferred to a non-Ivy. Another friend's child was recruited by a SLAC to play baseball and doesn't like the coach and he's not happy, not sure what he's going to do. It's very coach-driven.[/quote]

sister recruited for soccer at AWS and quit half way through the first season -

it is very coach driven. she turned out fine, amazing job, realized she wasn't going to go pro or play for the national team so picked up other fitness activities to stay fit and overall it was a good decision.

From her cohort (she just graduated) i see more and more kids using sports to get into ivies/top SLAC's and then quitting a year or two in. I wonder if more and more kids do it, if it'll affect how much of a bonus recruited athletes get during admissions at these schools.

My sister would've never had gotten into her school without being a recruit and yet the school didn't get that sport 'value' out of her as she quit pretty early in her college career.[/quote]

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