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Anonymous wrote:Agree 3 hours in Willamstown is 2 hours too much.

Somebody's kid didn't get in. Is that you Colby booster?

First PP. No, Williams dropped off her list and she ED'd to Amherst instead. Amherst was at the outer limit of her tolerance for remote, and she is very happy there.

I’m the one who received the jab about southern schools.. during overnite, the nerd hosts took my kid to the library and flexed about how long each spent on an econ problem. Bleh. Combined with the coach basically embarrassing himself begging my kid to pick Williams and several pompous (and unpublished) professors, very easy decision to go “lower in the rankings” for a fun school with comparable outcomes

The mixing of "nerd hosts", "begging coach", and "pompous professors" into a single thread which is a triple of "non-existent stereotypes" at Williams (or other top NESCAC SLACs) was an impressive attempt. Thank-you for such an interesting little bit of fiction.

painful as it may be for some of you, there are some raging nerds at Williams. And the begging coach was real, who lost out to Colgate and a 50% athletic scholarship for my kid. Will fully fund his roth IRA ($7k a year next 4 years), and cut him a check for the balance to invest or down payment on house at 22. And likely will have the same available outcomes, maybe better as a D1 athlete.. pass on Williamstown all day every day

so this "athletic scholarship" is really just financial aid? this is what Williams etc do. there's no tuition break for playing sports.

Colgate and other Patriot League schools do give Athletic Scholarships but not Academic Merit....that doesn't mean that the PP's kid got any. Too many things in their post make no sense so it's likely fiction but Athletics money happens in the Patriot League.

There would not have been "nerd hosts", the hosts are teammates, typically Upperclassmen from the same position and potentially a Captain. They would have been doing their best to make the place seem like Nirvana for the recruit. They most definitely would not have been nerds and likely would have been very driven Econ kids gunning for IB singing the praises of Colgate for getting to IB (though Williams is considerably better for that).

The coach would not have begged, the top NESCAC schools have plenty of Patriot League caliber kids as options for pretty much any sport except Lax and Hockey. They get some of those as well. Mine turned down Colgate, Lafayette, and HC for a NESCAC. They would have been a freshman starter at HC.

And, the Professor comment is just so stupid that it needs no commentary.

Scholarship could have happened because Athletic money exists in the Patriot League. Did it happen for this poster.....nah.

holy cow - get a life - the neurosis that causes some people to attack other posts on this site is mind boggling - and likely fueled by the anonymity

Sure Karen

The problem with this site it that there is far too many people who confuse their feelings with fact.

nah - the real problem are the deeply troubled and delusional folks who assume they alone get to define truth and falsehood for everyone else

It sure what your problem is. The responder nailed it. Anyone who has gone through the recruiting process would immediately flag that post as made up.

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Anonymous wrote:Agree 3 hours in Willamstown is 2 hours too much.

Somebody's kid didn't get in. Is that you Colby booster?

First PP. No, Williams dropped off her list and she ED'd to Amherst instead. Amherst was at the outer limit of her tolerance for remote, and she is very happy there.

I’m the one who received the jab about southern schools.. during overnite, the nerd hosts took my kid to the library and flexed about how long each spent on an econ problem. Bleh. Combined with the coach basically embarrassing himself begging my kid to pick Williams and several pompous (and unpublished) professors, very easy decision to go “lower in the rankings” for a fun school with comparable outcomes

The mixing of "nerd hosts", "begging coach", and "pompous professors" into a single thread which is a triple of "non-existent stereotypes" at Williams (or other top NESCAC SLACs) was an impressive attempt. Thank-you for such an interesting little bit of fiction.

painful as it may be for some of you, there are some raging nerds at Williams. And the begging coach was real, who lost out to Colgate and a 50% athletic scholarship for my kid. Will fully fund his roth IRA ($7k a year next 4 years), and cut him a check for the balance to invest or down payment on house at 22. And likely will have the same available outcomes, maybe better as a D1 athlete.. pass on Williamstown all day every day

so this "athletic scholarship" is really just financial aid? this is what Williams etc do. there's no tuition break for playing sports.

Colgate and other Patriot League schools do give Athletic Scholarships but not Academic Merit....that doesn't mean that the PP's kid got any. Too many things in their post make no sense so it's likely fiction but Athletics money happens in the Patriot League.

There would not have been "nerd hosts", the hosts are teammates, typically Upperclassmen from the same position and potentially a Captain. They would have been doing their best to make the place seem like Nirvana for the recruit. They most definitely would not have been nerds and likely would have been very driven Econ kids gunning for IB singing the praises of Colgate for getting to IB (though Williams is considerably better for that).

The coach would not have begged, the top NESCAC schools have plenty of Patriot League caliber kids as options for pretty much any sport except Lax and Hockey. They get some of those as well. Mine turned down Colgate, Lafayette, and HC for a NESCAC. They would have been a freshman starter at HC.

And, the Professor comment is just so stupid that it needs no commentary.

Scholarship could have happened because Athletic money exists in the Patriot League. Did it happen for this poster.....nah.

holy cow - get a life - the neurosis that causes some people to attack other posts on this site is mind boggling - and likely fueled by the anonymity

Sure Karen

The problem with this site it that there is far too many people who confuse their feelings with fact.

nah - the real problem are the deeply troubled and delusional folks who assume they alone get to define truth and falsehood for everyone else

Yes, just like the LACs bolsters. For them, lacs are the greatest thing ever and other public universities are fir plebs, too humongous for their snowflakes, too large classes, they don't go on to phds and MDs like lacs, and award or prizes cannot even compare since per student figure is the only figure worth discussing, lacs are the only institutions teaching critical thinking, etc.
I could go on for ever but you get the idea.

We don’t ’get the idea’ because your post is incoherent.

SLAC attendance = coherence. Probably less insecurity too, as SLACs help “bolster” confidence.

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Anonymous wrote:Agree 3 hours in Willamstown is 2 hours too much.

Somebody's kid didn't get in. Is that you Colby booster?

First PP. No, Williams dropped off her list and she ED'd to Amherst instead. Amherst was at the outer limit of her tolerance for remote, and she is very happy there.

I’m the one who received the jab about southern schools.. during overnite, the nerd hosts took my kid to the library and flexed about how long each spent on an econ problem. Bleh. Combined with the coach basically embarrassing himself begging my kid to pick Williams and several pompous (and unpublished) professors, very easy decision to go “lower in the rankings” for a fun school with comparable outcomes

The mixing of "nerd hosts", "begging coach", and "pompous professors" into a single thread which is a triple of "non-existent stereotypes" at Williams (or other top NESCAC SLACs) was an impressive attempt. Thank-you for such an interesting little bit of fiction.

painful as it may be for some of you, there are some raging nerds at Williams. And the begging coach was real, who lost out to Colgate and a 50% athletic scholarship for my kid. Will fully fund his roth IRA ($7k a year next 4 years), and cut him a check for the balance to invest or down payment on house at 22. And likely will have the same available outcomes, maybe better as a D1 athlete.. pass on Williamstown all day every day

so this "athletic scholarship" is really just financial aid? this is what Williams etc do. there's no tuition break for playing sports.

Colgate and other Patriot League schools do give Athletic Scholarships but not Academic Merit....that doesn't mean that the PP's kid got any. Too many things in their post make no sense so it's likely fiction but Athletics money happens in the Patriot League.

There would not have been "nerd hosts", the hosts are teammates, typically Upperclassmen from the same position and potentially a Captain. They would have been doing their best to make the place seem like Nirvana for the recruit. They most definitely would not have been nerds and likely would have been very driven Econ kids gunning for IB singing the praises of Colgate for getting to IB (though Williams is considerably better for that).

The coach would not have begged, the top NESCAC schools have plenty of Patriot League caliber kids as options for pretty much any sport except Lax and Hockey. They get some of those as well. Mine turned down Colgate, Lafayette, and HC for a NESCAC. They would have been a freshman starter at HC.

And, the Professor comment is just so stupid that it needs no commentary.

Scholarship could have happened because Athletic money exists in the Patriot League. Did it happen for this poster.....nah.

holy cow - get a life - the neurosis that causes some people to attack other posts on this site is mind boggling - and likely fueled by the anonymity

Sure Karen

The problem with this site it that there is far too many people who confuse their feelings with fact.

nah - the real problem are the deeply troubled and delusional folks who assume they alone get to define truth and falsehood for everyone else

Yes, just like the LACs bolsters. For them, lacs are the greatest thing ever and other public universities are fir plebs, too humongous for their snowflakes, too large classes, they don't go on to phds and MDs like lacs, and award or prizes cannot even compare since per student figure is the only figure worth discussing, lacs are the only institutions teaching critical thinking, etc.

I could go on for ever but you get the idea.

We don’t ’get the idea’ because your post is incoherent.

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Anonymous wrote:They sit in that odd in-between where they're lesser-known by the general populace, but are incredibly overhyped by those in the know.

No one cares about your Williams or Amherst or Swarthmore, and they're slowly but surely becoming increasingly irrelevant in today's higher ed landscape.

Not really, graduates of the three schools you mentioned will have the same grad school and employment opportunities of an HYPS grad

Keep hyping. They are not worth $80,000 per year in this age.

My spouse and I went to Duke. My kids went to Princeton. They were not cheap by any stretch and even with the money to pay it was not an infrequent event to question the value. No regrets but there are plenty of good value options out there.

My twin went to UNC and amassed generational wealth, a PhD econometrics guy who was a Division 1 All American in athletics. UNC had a great athletics travel schedule and resources, and the school made athletics work for him while obtaining a Phi Beta Kappa in math. Success has different paths.

I was a poor kid. Stuck with limited options, meaning an athletic scholarship. LAC’s were a better learning environment for me, but they were not a realistic choice. My first choice was Carleton, a great place for me to develop academically (unlike my twin, I had gaps and needed to catch up) and with a clear path to really do well in Division 111 athletics. Couldn’t pay for anything like Carleton. Blanket statements about schools don’t make much sense absent personal facts and circumstances.

I had the privilege of attending a very good public high school. Our counselor reminded the top of the class that at the time Illinois Wesleyan had the highest med school admittance rate in the country. Normal Illinois is nothing special but there were several from high school who went there and became physicians.

there's no chance an athletic recruit gets placed with nerds on a visit.


I also laugh at anyone of our generation is still laughing at the nerds.

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Anonymous wrote:Agree 3 hours in Willamstown is 2 hours too much.

Somebody's kid didn't get in. Is that you Colby booster?

First PP. No, Williams dropped off her list and she ED'd to Amherst instead. Amherst was at the outer limit of her tolerance for remote, and she is very happy there.

I’m the one who received the jab about southern schools.. during overnite, the nerd hosts took my kid to the library and flexed about how long each spent on an econ problem. Bleh. Combined with the coach basically embarrassing himself begging my kid to pick Williams and several pompous (and unpublished) professors, very easy decision to go “lower in the rankings” for a fun school with comparable outcomes

The mixing of "nerd hosts", "begging coach", and "pompous professors" into a single thread which is a triple of "non-existent stereotypes" at Williams (or other top NESCAC SLACs) was an impressive attempt. Thank-you for such an interesting little bit of fiction.

painful as it may be for some of you, there are some raging nerds at Williams. And the begging coach was real, who lost out to Colgate and a 50% athletic scholarship for my kid. Will fully fund his roth IRA ($7k a year next 4 years), and cut him a check for the balance to invest or down payment on house at 22. And likely will have the same available outcomes, maybe better as a D1 athlete.. pass on Williamstown all day every day

so this "athletic scholarship" is really just financial aid? this is what Williams etc do. there's no tuition break for playing sports.

Colgate and other Patriot League schools do give Athletic Scholarships but not Academic Merit....that doesn't mean that the PP's kid got any. Too many things in their post make no sense so it's likely fiction but Athletics money happens in the Patriot League.

There would not have been "nerd hosts", the hosts are teammates, typically Upperclassmen from the same position and potentially a Captain. They would have been doing their best to make the place seem like Nirvana for the recruit. They most definitely would not have been nerds and likely would have been very driven Econ kids gunning for IB singing the praises of Colgate for getting to IB (though Williams is considerably better for that).

The coach would not have begged, the top NESCAC schools have plenty of Patriot League caliber kids as options for pretty much any sport except Lax and Hockey. They get some of those as well. Mine turned down Colgate, Lafayette, and HC for a NESCAC. They would have been a freshman starter at HC.

And, the Professor comment is just so stupid that it needs no commentary.

Scholarship could have happened because Athletic money exists in the Patriot League. Did it happen for this poster.....nah.

holy cow - get a life - the neurosis that causes some people to attack other posts on this site is mind boggling - and likely fueled by the anonymity

Sure Karen

The problem with this site it that there is far too many people who confuse their feelings with fact.

nah - the real problem are the deeply troubled and delusional folks who assume they alone get to define truth and falsehood for everyone else

Yes, just like the LACs bolsters. For them, lacs are the greatest thing ever and other public universities are fir plebs, too humongous for their snowflakes, too large classes, they don't go on to phds and MDs like lacs, and award or prizes cannot even compare since per student figure is the only figure worth discussing, lacs are the only institutions teaching critical thinking, etc.

I could go on for ever but you get the idea.

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Anonymous wrote:Agree 3 hours in Willamstown is 2 hours too much.

Somebody's kid didn't get in. Is that you Colby booster?

First PP. No, Williams dropped off her list and she ED'd to Amherst instead. Amherst was at the outer limit of her tolerance for remote, and she is very happy there.

I’m the one who received the jab about southern schools.. during overnite, the nerd hosts took my kid to the library and flexed about how long each spent on an econ problem. Bleh. Combined with the coach basically embarrassing himself begging my kid to pick Williams and several pompous (and unpublished) professors, very easy decision to go “lower in the rankings” for a fun school with comparable outcomes

The mixing of "nerd hosts", "begging coach", and "pompous professors" into a single thread which is a triple of "non-existent stereotypes" at Williams (or other top NESCAC SLACs) was an impressive attempt. Thank-you for such an interesting little bit of fiction.

painful as it may be for some of you, there are some raging nerds at Williams. And the begging coach was real, who lost out to Colgate and a 50% athletic scholarship for my kid. Will fully fund his roth IRA ($7k a year next 4 years), and cut him a check for the balance to invest or down payment on house at 22. And likely will have the same available outcomes, maybe better as a D1 athlete.. pass on Williamstown all day every day

so this "athletic scholarship" is really just financial aid? this is what Williams etc do. there's no tuition break for playing sports.

Colgate and other Patriot League schools do give Athletic Scholarships but not Academic Merit....that doesn't mean that the PP's kid got any. Too many things in their post make no sense so it's likely fiction but Athletics money happens in the Patriot League.

There would not have been "nerd hosts", the hosts are teammates, typically Upperclassmen from the same position and potentially a Captain. They would have been doing their best to make the place seem like Nirvana for the recruit. They most definitely would not have been nerds and likely would have been very driven Econ kids gunning for IB singing the praises of Colgate for getting to IB (though Williams is considerably better for that).

The coach would not have begged, the top NESCAC schools have plenty of Patriot League caliber kids as options for pretty much any sport except Lax and Hockey. They get some of those as well. Mine turned down Colgate, Lafayette, and HC for a NESCAC. They would have been a freshman starter at HC.

And, the Professor comment is just so stupid that it needs no commentary.

Scholarship could have happened because Athletic money exists in the Patriot League. Did it happen for this poster.....nah.

holy cow - get a life - the neurosis that causes some people to attack other posts on this site is mind boggling - and likely fueled by the anonymity

Sure Karen

The problem with this site it that there is far too many people who confuse their feelings with fact.

nah - the real problem are the deeply troubled and delusional folks who assume they alone get to define truth and falsehood for everyone else

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Anonymous wrote:Agree 3 hours in Willamstown is 2 hours too much.

Somebody's kid didn't get in. Is that you Colby booster?

First PP. No, Williams dropped off her list and she ED'd to Amherst instead. Amherst was at the outer limit of her tolerance for remote, and she is very happy there.

I’m the one who received the jab about southern schools.. during overnite, the nerd hosts took my kid to the library and flexed about how long each spent on an econ problem. Bleh. Combined with the coach basically embarrassing himself begging my kid to pick Williams and several pompous (and unpublished) professors, very easy decision to go “lower in the rankings” for a fun school with comparable outcomes

The mixing of "nerd hosts", "begging coach", and "pompous professors" into a single thread which is a triple of "non-existent stereotypes" at Williams (or other top NESCAC SLACs) was an impressive attempt. Thank-you for such an interesting little bit of fiction.

painful as it may be for some of you, there are some raging nerds at Williams. And the begging coach was real, who lost out to Colgate and a 50% athletic scholarship for my kid. Will fully fund his roth IRA ($7k a year next 4 years), and cut him a check for the balance to invest or down payment on house at 22. And likely will have the same available outcomes, maybe better as a D1 athlete.. pass on Williamstown all day every day

so this "athletic scholarship" is really just financial aid? this is what Williams etc do. there's no tuition break for playing sports.

Colgate and other Patriot League schools do give Athletic Scholarships but not Academic Merit....that doesn't mean that the PP's kid got any. Too many things in their post make no sense so it's likely fiction but Athletics money happens in the Patriot League.

There would not have been "nerd hosts", the hosts are teammates, typically Upperclassmen from the same position and potentially a Captain. They would have been doing their best to make the place seem like Nirvana for the recruit. They most definitely would not have been nerds and likely would have been very driven Econ kids gunning for IB singing the praises of Colgate for getting to IB (though Williams is considerably better for that).

The coach would not have begged, the top NESCAC schools have plenty of Patriot League caliber kids as options for pretty much any sport except Lax and Hockey. They get some of those as well. Mine turned down Colgate, Lafayette, and HC for a NESCAC. They would have been a freshman starter at HC.

And, the Professor comment is just so stupid that it needs no commentary.

Scholarship could have happened because Athletic money exists in the Patriot League. Did it happen for this poster.....nah.

holy cow - get a life - the neurosis that causes some people to attack other posts on this site is mind boggling - and likely fueled by the anonymity

Sure Karen

The problem with this site it that there is far too many people who confuse their feelings with fact. There are also posts from people who often do not like a school, group of schools, or type of school (see title of this thread) for no objective reason. These cognitive challenges cause people like the PP to post things (like their post about Williams and an alleged recruiting visit) which are clearly fiction to those who have actual real life experience in these situations. Real experience, not "I heard from Bobby, who heard from the mailman, who heard from the lady across town." Those with that experience tend to tee up these people and will continue to do so.

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Anonymous wrote:Agree 3 hours in Willamstown is 2 hours too much.

Somebody's kid didn't get in. Is that you Colby booster?

First PP. No, Williams dropped off her list and she ED'd to Amherst instead. Amherst was at the outer limit of her tolerance for remote, and she is very happy there.

I’m the one who received the jab about southern schools.. during overnite, the nerd hosts took my kid to the library and flexed about how long each spent on an econ problem. Bleh. Combined with the coach basically embarrassing himself begging my kid to pick Williams and several pompous (and unpublished) professors, very easy decision to go “lower in the rankings” for a fun school with comparable outcomes

The mixing of "nerd hosts", "begging coach", and "pompous professors" into a single thread which is a triple of "non-existent stereotypes" at Williams (or other top NESCAC SLACs) was an impressive attempt. Thank-you for such an interesting little bit of fiction.

painful as it may be for some of you, there are some raging nerds at Williams. And the begging coach was real, who lost out to Colgate and a 50% athletic scholarship for my kid. Will fully fund his roth IRA ($7k a year next 4 years), and cut him a check for the balance to invest or down payment on house at 22. And likely will have the same available outcomes, maybe better as a D1 athlete.. pass on Williamstown all day every day

so this "athletic scholarship" is really just financial aid? this is what Williams etc do. there's no tuition break for playing sports.

Colgate and other Patriot League schools do give Athletic Scholarships but not Academic Merit....that doesn't mean that the PP's kid got any. Too many things in their post make no sense so it's likely fiction but Athletics money happens in the Patriot League.

There would not have been "nerd hosts", the hosts are teammates, typically Upperclassmen from the same position and potentially a Captain. They would have been doing their best to make the place seem like Nirvana for the recruit. They most definitely would not have been nerds and likely would have been very driven Econ kids gunning for IB singing the praises of Colgate for getting to IB (though Williams is considerably better for that).

The coach would not have begged, the top NESCAC schools have plenty of Patriot League caliber kids as options for pretty much any sport except Lax and Hockey. They get some of those as well. Mine turned down Colgate, Lafayette, and HC for a NESCAC. They would have been a freshman starter at HC.

And, the Professor comment is just so stupid that it needs no commentary.

Scholarship could have happened because Athletic money exists in the Patriot League. Did it happen for this poster.....nah.

holy cow - get a life - the neurosis that causes some people to attack other posts on this site is mind boggling - and likely fueled by the anonymity

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Anonymous wrote:Agree 3 hours in Willamstown is 2 hours too much.

Somebody's kid didn't get in. Is that you Colby booster?

First PP. No, Williams dropped off her list and she ED'd to Amherst instead. Amherst was at the outer limit of her tolerance for remote, and she is very happy there.

I’m the one who received the jab about southern schools.. during overnite, the nerd hosts took my kid to the library and flexed about how long each spent on an econ problem. Bleh. Combined with the coach basically embarrassing himself begging my kid to pick Williams and several pompous (and unpublished) professors, very easy decision to go “lower in the rankings” for a fun school with comparable outcomes

The mixing of "nerd hosts", "begging coach", and "pompous professors" into a single thread which is a triple of "non-existent stereotypes" at Williams (or other top NESCAC SLACs) was an impressive attempt. Thank-you for such an interesting little bit of fiction.

painful as it may be for some of you, there are some raging nerds at Williams. And the begging coach was real, who lost out to Colgate and a 50% athletic scholarship for my kid. Will fully fund his roth IRA ($7k a year next 4 years), and cut him a check for the balance to invest or down payment on house at 22. And likely will have the same available outcomes, maybe better as a D1 athlete.. pass on Williamstown all day every day

so this "athletic scholarship" is really just financial aid? this is what Williams etc do. there's no tuition break for playing sports.

Colgate and other Patriot League schools do give Athletic Scholarships but not Academic Merit....that doesn't mean that the PP's kid got any. Too many things in their post make no sense so it's likely fiction but Athletics money happens in the Patriot League.

There would not have been "nerd hosts", the hosts are teammates, typically Upperclassmen from the same position and potentially a Captain. They would have been doing their best to make the place seem like Nirvana for the recruit. They most definitely would not have been nerds and likely would have been very driven Econ kids gunning for IB singing the praises of Colgate for getting to IB (though Williams is considerably better for that).

The coach would not have begged, the top NESCAC schools have plenty of Patriot League caliber kids as options for pretty much any sport except Lax and Hockey. They get some of those as well. Mine turned down Colgate, Lafayette, and HC for a NESCAC. They would have been a freshman starter at HC.

And, the Professor comment is just so stupid that it needs no commentary.

Scholarship could have happened because Athletic money exists in the Patriot League. Did it happen for this poster.....nah.

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Anonymous wrote:Agree 3 hours in Willamstown is 2 hours too much.

Somebody's kid didn't get in. Is that you Colby booster?

First PP. No, Williams dropped off her list and she ED'd to Amherst instead. Amherst was at the outer limit of her tolerance for remote, and she is very happy there.

I’m the one who received the jab about southern schools.. during overnite, the nerd hosts took my kid to the library and flexed about how long each spent on an econ problem. Bleh. Combined with the coach basically embarrassing himself begging my kid to pick Williams and several pompous (and unpublished) professors, very easy decision to go “lower in the rankings” for a fun school with comparable outcomes

The mixing of "nerd hosts", "begging coach", and "pompous professors" into a single thread which is a triple of "non-existent stereotypes" at Williams (or other top NESCAC SLACs) was an impressive attempt. Thank-you for such an interesting little bit of fiction.

painful as it may be for some of you, there are some raging nerds at Williams. And the begging coach was real, who lost out to Colgate and a 50% athletic scholarship for my kid. Will fully fund his roth IRA ($7k a year next 4 years), and cut him a check for the balance to invest or down payment on house at 22. And likely will have the same available outcomes, maybe better as a D1 athlete.. pass on Williamstown all day every day

so this "athletic scholarship" is really just financial aid? this is what williams etc do. there's no tuition break for playing sports.