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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The whole system is ridiculous, and what is more ridiculous is that people support this broken system. You have to play for years just to make it into a high school JV team, and once you make it, you have to spend 20+ hours per week training. It takes time away from academics and other extracurricular.

And all of this time and money invested into sports is for nothing for most parents. Most kids will never play at the NCAA level. It doesn’t matter much for college admissions. I know a kid who has perfect grades and a 35 ACT who was a captain of the varsity football and lacrosse teams (and was class treasurer, NHS president, volunteered, and did part time work), and he got rejected from every remotely selective college. The Ivy Leagues, Notre Dame, Michigan, Duke, Stanford, Vanderbilt, Northwestern, UNC, and UVA all rejected him [/quote]

Did he take AP Calculus in junior year and did he get a 5 on the AP?

Because if he didn’t: that’s why he didn’t get into the Ivies. That is really the number one thing my college admissions coach told me about the big schools. They all want that now before senior year- and IBs they have to take the most challenging courses.

Also, if UVA rejected him, did he take all four years (even senior year) a language that isn’t Spanish? Did he take challenging APs during the school year? Did he take summer classes too? Did he program his computer to generate interest points? Did he visit the school and go to the coaches and introduce himself? Did you take him to showcases for the specific schools?

Also- was he ranked in the state or in the district?  Did he get written up by WaPo?

Because you need all of that to get into the T25 and be a legacy or be fabulously rich. What you listed would get you into JMU.

Check out “Your college bound kid” and start educating yourself. Those T25 schools are almost impossible to get into without a ton of hooks. [/quote]

Wow! That seems exhausting and unnecessary. What a way to destroy kids childhood. I would rather my kid go to JMU and have a happy childhood.[/quote]

PP here.

Yep. JMU is a better fit![/quote]

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