Anonymous wrote:My 10 year old niece, TEN, has a mom who talks about her softball career in terms of "division I" prospects. Making this decision vs that one next month, which camp should she attend this summer as a 10 YEAR OLD so Coach X is more likely to see her play, etc.

Before this thread, I thought her mom was nuts and projecting. No longer! Thanks again DCUm! For teaching me that middle school really IS an important make or break juncture and that 10 YEAR OLDS really should be worried about their college sports checklist.

Funny - because my sister has my nephew in travel youth orchestra and I say the SAME thing. She has this kid on a path to Julliard and I think it is ridiculous! But then again, I say that about ANY parent who is worried about their kid's college prospects at 10, whether it is academics, athletics or the arts.

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Anonymous wrote:The point is that posting are positioning Maret as a football/basketball factory and it is not. One or two kids a decade is not a Div. I factory. If you want a definition look it up Dematha. If you want a comparable example in the indy schools look at Landon lacrosse.

The difference is, Maret is TINY. Just 70-80 kids per grade.

That does not diminish the PP' s point at all. You are talking about 1 or 2 Division 1 propsepcts in 10 years! Bullis (where my DD attended) has more than that on this year's team alone.

Besides that, look at the schools recruiting the kids in the article. They are low D1 and D2 schools. Nobody is going to Kentucky or Syracuse from Maret to play basketball. In fact, Maret has as many girls currently playing D1 basketball as it does boys who are playing D1 basketball. These kids are from PG county and those MS basketball programs usually feed into WCAC schools. These kids chose Maret and academics over basketball. Give them some credit for that. It is no different from some other prominent independent schools who recruit kids who are in the arts - violin or dance. Folks here are just placing their own negative value judgments on athletics.

Anonymous wrote:I'm pretty sure Maret had a player on the Maryland Terrapins football roster last Fall. I know the ACC is not the SEC when it comes to football but he must have been a pretty damn good football player to catch the attention of the Maryland football coaches.

Maryland i no longer a member of the ACC. I think they joined the Big 10 or something.

My 10 year old niece, TEN, has a mom who talks about her softball career in terms of "division I" prospects. Making this decision vs that one next month, which camp should she attend this summer as a 10 YEAR OLD so Coach X is more likely to see her play, etc.

Before this thread, I thought her mom was nuts and projecting. No longer! Thanks again DCUm! For teaching me that middle school really IS an important make or break juncture and that 10 YEAR OLDS really should be worried about their college sports checklist.

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Anonymous wrote:The fact that Maret has a jock academic track (slash donor baby track) -- which it surely does not advertise on its website or in its materials -- shows that occasionally some useful factual information comes out of the normal DCUM madness.

If you want useful information like that go to the Special Needs forum. Every school has academic help for kids. Only certain schools are ashamed to put it on their website.

It is sad that they are not proud to be helping kids, they only advertise the silver lining.

Every school does have academic help for kids. So does Maret. They are clear about it. It is on their website.

http://www.maret.org/admission/affording_maret/davies_program/index.aspx

My kids go to another school, but I think it is awesome that Maret has this program. It doesn't sound like it is a special track for jocks. It sounds like Maret is not only committed to admitting kids from less privileged backgrounds, but to helping them succeed once they get in.

+1 our school has a similar type program but it is under the radar, which is not good.

Which school is this? I am not aware of any similar programs...

Actually, quite a few schools have it. Just because YOU are not aware of it does not make it rare.

Anonymous wrote:The point is that posting are positioning Maret as a football/basketball factory and it is not. One or two kids a decade is not a Div. I factory. If you want a definition look it up Dematha. If you want a comparable example in the indy schools look at Landon lacrosse.

The difference is, Maret is TINY. Just 70-80 kids per grade.

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Anonymous wrote:The fact that Maret has a jock academic track (slash donor baby track) -- which it surely does not advertise on its website or in its materials -- shows that occasionally some useful factual information comes out of the normal DCUM madness.

If you want useful information like that go to the Special Needs forum. Every school has academic help for kids. Only certain schools are ashamed to put it on their website.

It is sad that they are not proud to be helping kids, they only advertise the silver lining.

Every school does have academic help for kids. So does Maret. They are clear about it. It is on their website.

http://www.maret.org/admission/affording_maret/davies_program/index.aspx

My kids go to another school, but I think it is awesome that Maret has this program. It doesn't sound like it is a special track for jocks. It sounds like Maret is not only committed to admitting kids from less privileged backgrounds, but to helping them succeed once they get in.

+1 our school has a similar type program but it is under the radar, which is not good.

Which school is this? I am not aware of any similar programs...

The point is that posting are positioning Maret as a football/basketball factory and it is not. One or two kids a decade is not a Div. I factory. If you want a definition look it up Dematha. If you want a comparable example in the indy schools look at Landon lacrosse.

http://www.umterps.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=716328&SPID=120713&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=29700&ATCLID=207385320&Q_SEASON=2013

I posted above.

It sounds like this student athlete from Maret has a good future a head of him.

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Anonymous wrote:Maret has Div. I athletes? Let's be frank, if any Maret athlete is being recruited to Div. I football or basketball program, he is being recruited by schools at the low end. No one at Maret is going to be heading to any schools in the major conferences. Point being that these kids are students first and athletes second. If any student decides to attend Maret, he/she is doing so for the academics, including the kids in the article (they actually said as much). If the kids are on scholarship, what financial sense would it make to create a program for them that would heap added cost to the school budget without any financial return. Also, kids who do play sports tend to get lower grades than kids who are not involved in any activities for the reasons expressed earlier -- Lack of time.

Yes, Maret does have Div. I athletes but they leave after middle school to play in a higher division.

Ok, now you're just making things up.

No I am not. I would name the boys but it is against Jeff's rules and I don't think the families want their kids names on a blog.

Maybe 1 or 2 boys over the past 8 years, but it isn't like it is a mass exodus of Div I athletes storming out of the 8th grade every year.

I'm pretty sure Maret had a player on the Maryland Terrapins football roster last Fall. I know the ACC is not the SEC when it comes to football but he must have been a pretty damn good football player to catch the attention of the Maryland football coaches.

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Anonymous wrote:Maret has Div. I athletes? Let's be frank, if any Maret athlete is being recruited to Div. I football or basketball program, he is being recruited by schools at the low end. No one at Maret is going to be heading to any schools in the major conferences. Point being that these kids are students first and athletes second. If any student decides to attend Maret, he/she is doing so for the academics, including the kids in the article (they actually said as much). If the kids are on scholarship, what financial sense would it make to create a program for them that would heap added cost to the school budget without any financial return. Also, kids who do play sports tend to get lower grades than kids who are not involved in any activities for the reasons expressed earlier -- Lack of time.

Yes, Maret does have Div. I athletes but they leave after middle school to play in a higher division.

Ok, now you're just making things up.

No I am not. I would name the boys but it is against Jeff's rules and I don't think the families want their kids names on a blog.

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Anonymous wrote:Maret has Div. I athletes? Let's be frank, if any Maret athlete is being recruited to Div. I football or basketball program, he is being recruited by schools at the low end. No one at Maret is going to be heading to any schools in the major conferences. Point being that these kids are students first and athletes second. If any student decides to attend Maret, he/she is doing so for the academics, including the kids in the article (they actually said as much). If the kids are on scholarship, what financial sense would it make to create a program for them that would heap added cost to the school budget without any financial return. Also, kids who do play sports tend to get lower grades than kids who are not involved in any activities for the reasons expressed earlier -- Lack of time.

Yes, Maret does have Div. I athletes but they leave after middle school to play in a higher division.

Ok, now you're just making things up.

Anonymous wrote:Maret has Div. I athletes? Let's be frank, if any Maret athlete is being recruited to Div. I football or basketball program, he is being recruited by schools at the low end. No one at Maret is going to be heading to any schools in the major conferences. Point being that these kids are students first and athletes second. If any student decides to attend Maret, he/she is doing so for the academics, including the kids in the article (they actually said as much). If the kids are on scholarship, what financial sense would it make to create a program for them that would heap added cost to the school budget without any financial return. Also, kids who do play sports tend to get lower grades than kids who are not involved in any activities for the reasons expressed earlier -- Lack of time.

Yes, Maret does have Div. I athletes but they leave after middle school to play in a higher division.

Maret has Div. I athletes? Let's be frank, if any Maret athlete is being recruited to Div. I football or basketball program, he is being recruited by schools at the low end. No one at Maret is going to be heading to any schools in the major conferences. Point being that these kids are students first and athletes second. If any student decides to attend Maret, he/she is doing so for the academics, including the kids in the article (they actually said as much). If the kids are on scholarship, what financial sense would it make to create a program for them that would heap added cost to the school budget without any financial return. Also, kids who do play sports tend to get lower grades than kids who are not involved in any activities for the reasons expressed earlier -- Lack of time.