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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What DCUM got right: being a recruited athlete is the best hook.[/quote]

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Talent and hard work in athletics and in the classroom can really pay off![/quote]

What do people do with kids who are not talented athletes?[/quote]

Get them started with a sport they enjoy when they are young.  You don’t need to be a natural athlete.  It can be learned.[/quote]

Yes, any kid can learn a sport and get better. But, if your goal is for your kid to be recruited, that’s another matter. Many parents waste 10s of thousands of dollars and tons of time trying to turn their mediocre athlete into a recruitment star. It overwhelmingly doesn’t work. If your kid loves their sport, they get playing time, and they excel relative to others in the game, you may have something. Otherwise, put your money in a 529.[/quote]

Point taken.  My kid is a recruited athlete at a high academic D3.  Good but not great athlete.  We spend less than 5k per year.  Grades and stats in the top 25% of applicants in a school that accepts less than 7%.  The investment in the sport was well worth it.[/quote]

But that is basically a needle in a haystack. One DC played club for years and opted not to pursue recruiting in college. Only 3 kids got scholarships. Two were generous, one knocked down the price and the remainder covered by EFC and need. The other three are playing but minimal money - in that group, all probably measure up with your DC.

One kid really expected to get a scholarship AT ANY SCHOOL and it simply didn't pan out. Kid was super fast, quite talented, not always the best team player, and on the very small side for even a D3 school. Parents were devastated.

Finally, how are you paying less than 5k at a high academic D3 as D3s do not offer athletic scholarships? Perhaps your DC got a robust aid package, even merit, but not an athletic scholarship. [/quote]

It's 5k per year spent on the sport during middle school and high school.  None of this is for scholarship money. We will be full pay at the D3 which only offers need based aid.  Without the sport, admission would have been a total crap shoot even with top stats.  That's why being a recruited athlete is the best hook.[/quote]

This is how it’s done, and previous poster is DCUM getting wrong. People don’t do athletics for scholarship, they do it for the admissions bump, and being full pay is part of that arrangement.[/quote]

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