Several kids were National merit scholars.

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Anonymous wrote:Went to a grad party for a LCPS school. While talking to a few parents, realized lots of things.
Seeing outstanding credentials needed for UVA as well as VTech.
Yes ds should work harder, except thay he is already.
Makes me sad.

Could you help with some examples of outstanding credentials

Several National Merit Scholars
Rhodes Scholar
Top 1%

How can several national merit scholars be a credential?
Rhodes scholars are graduate students.
And in what way would you need to be top 1% to get into UVA or VTech? Most are probably top 5% but I don't think you need to be top 1%.

Jefferson scholarship, not Rhodes scholars.
Sorry my mistake.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Went to a grad party for a LCPS school. While talking to a few parents, realized lots of things.
Seeing outstanding credentials needed for UVA as well as VTech.
Yes ds should work harder, except thay he is already.
Makes me sad.

Could you help with some examples of outstanding credentials

Several National Merit Scholars
Rhodes Scholar
Top 1%

How can several national merit scholars be a credential?
Rhodes scholars are graduate students.
And in what way would you need to be top 1% to get into UVA or VTech? Most are probably top 5% but I don't think you need to be top 1%.

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Anonymous wrote:How do kids apply to be recruited in a Sports team?

If you're good they come to you. If you are not getting enough exposure then it take a bit of money to make highlight reels and go to showcase events where schools go to look for talent.

So hundreds of colleges keep track of kids’ stats? From which source?

There's a bunch of sites that keep track of this sort of stuff.
Maxpreps.com comes to mind.
There are plenty of private and parochial schools across the country that stack their team by recruiting local talent and effectively consolidate most of the good local players for scouts.

Ultimately if you need to ask on an anonymous chat board, it probably isn't an issue for you. You would have other resources like coaches and training facilities.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Went to a grad party for a LCPS school. While talking to a few parents, realized lots of things.
Seeing outstanding credentials needed for UVA as well as VTech.
Yes ds should work harder, except thay he is already.
Makes me sad.

Could you help with some examples of outstanding credentials

Several National Merit Scholars
Rhodes Scholar
Top 1%

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do kids apply to be recruited in a Sports team?

If you're good they come to you. If you are not getting enough exposure then it take a bit of money to make highlight reels and go to showcase events where schools go to look for talent.

So hundreds of colleges keep track of kids’ stats? From which source?

Anonymous wrote:How do kids apply to be recruited in a Sports team?

If you're good they come to you. If you are not getting enough exposure then it take a bit of money to make highlight reels and go to showcase events where schools go to look for talent.