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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And my senior DD is in the midst of application hell and stress. Athletic recruitment really pisses me off. That’s all.[/quote]

We knew a girl whose family claimed she was "committed" to an Ivy League college for soccer in 9th or 10th grade. She would wear the sweatshirt, had the Ivy on her instagram profile, and had documented visits on her instagram to the same college a few times. She was one of if not the best players in our orbit — she was also a good student. Her family valued education too but were not overbearing tiger parents.

By fall of 12th grade year she stopped talking about the Ivy and then committed to essentially a public degree mill, especially relative to the Ivy. She went to that diploma mill for a year and then transferred out of there to play at some tiny private non-selective LAC.

I guess the point is recruiting is fluid. It's not anywhere near as glamorous as you think. And most of these kids end up quitting and many transfer out of the college they ONLY chose based on the chance to play a sport.[/quote]

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