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<blockquote data-quote="Kathy813" data-source="post: 591017" data-attributes="member: 1967"><p>MWM, my easy child was a star softball player who was highly recruited. She was also a gifted student academically. She graduated with a 3.8 GPA from high school and made a 1320 on the old SAT.</p><p></p><p>Still . . . she was recruited by two IVY league schools whose coaches both told her that she didn't have the grades or SAT score to get into their schools academically but she would be able to get in if she played a sport. Also, it is common knowledge that standards are often lowered for football players at big name schools.</p><p></p><p>Not that I am saying that is right to do . . . but it happens.</p><p></p><p>My easy child didn't end up going to the IVY league schools because they didn't offer athletic scholarships and we could not afford $50,000 a year. She ended up going to a very prestigious Division 1 private school where she did get an athletic scholarship that paid $30,000 toward the $40,000 tuition. And guess what . . . she absolutely hated it. The coach was verbally abusive to the players and pushed easy child to play even though she was coming off major knee surgery and still in pain. </p><p></p><p>After the first season, easy child told us she didn't want to play anymore and wanted to transfer schools. She transferred to a large public college closer to home and was very happy to get to be just a college student. She described playing a college sport as being paid to play softball with a side of college courses thrown in. She said that there wasn't any time to enjoy college life. Sadly, most of my easy child's friends who ended up with scholarships to play college softball felt the same way and ended up quitting playing at some point while they were still in college. </p><p></p><p>So you don't know what will happen with Sonic. I would let things happen and just be there to support her decisions. </p><p></p><p>~Kathy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kathy813, post: 591017, member: 1967"] MWM, my easy child was a star softball player who was highly recruited. She was also a gifted student academically. She graduated with a 3.8 GPA from high school and made a 1320 on the old SAT. Still . . . she was recruited by two IVY league schools whose coaches both told her that she didn't have the grades or SAT score to get into their schools academically but she would be able to get in if she played a sport. Also, it is common knowledge that standards are often lowered for football players at big name schools. Not that I am saying that is right to do . . . but it happens. My easy child didn't end up going to the IVY league schools because they didn't offer athletic scholarships and we could not afford $50,000 a year. She ended up going to a very prestigious Division 1 private school where she did get an athletic scholarship that paid $30,000 toward the $40,000 tuition. And guess what . . . she absolutely hated it. The coach was verbally abusive to the players and pushed easy child to play even though she was coming off major knee surgery and still in pain. After the first season, easy child told us she didn't want to play anymore and wanted to transfer schools. She transferred to a large public college closer to home and was very happy to get to be just a college student. She described playing a college sport as being paid to play softball with a side of college courses thrown in. She said that there wasn't any time to enjoy college life. Sadly, most of my easy child's friends who ended up with scholarships to play college softball felt the same way and ended up quitting playing at some point while they were still in college. So you don't know what will happen with Sonic. I would let things happen and just be there to support her decisions. ~Kathy [/QUOTE]
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