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re: What would the OT do: Your child is an athlete
Posted on 2/8/17 at 4:48 pm to anc
Posted on 2/8/17 at 4:48 pm to anc
As someone who competed 4 years in collegiate athletics, I wouldn't advise anyone to attend a school on athletic scholarship unless their family could afford the school without the scholarship. I knew too many people on my own school and at other schools who lost passion for their sport but had to stay on the team for the money. This led them to hate something that once brought them much joy.
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Posted on 2/8/17 at 4:48 pm to anc
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Oh yes, forgot this. All three have nursing schools, which is what she wants to major in.
She may have an extremely hard time swimming while in nursing school. This mostly applies to the last two years when you are doing tons of labs, clinicals and difficult upper level classes. She will have to spend 10-12 hour days in the hospital, long lab and lecture days, all the while dedicating a great deal of time studying. Every nursing school has different standards but most require you to have an 80% test average and if you dont make it then you are kicked out. So even if she is able to schedule clinical, labs etc around practice, meets etc, she will still have to maintain a top notch work ethic.
Posted on 2/8/17 at 4:52 pm to anc
I'll ask, since I don't know. How does nursing school mesh with training for a varsity sport? Don't you have a lot of time outside of class doing clinicals and such? Seems like not enough hours in the day for both.
Posted on 2/8/17 at 4:57 pm to anc
My daughter is 13 and a good tennis player. Our goal for her is a D1 scholarship. I'll send her to Iowa if that's what it takes to play D1 instead of letting her stay in California and play D2. So far the only D1 schools tracking her and visiting her recruiting page regularly are Eastern Washington and Villanova. I would send her to either one before letting her go to a D2 or D3 school in California. Hopefully a D1 school in California will offer her eventually. So my long answer is Valparaiso but that's just me.
Posted on 2/8/17 at 5:01 pm to anc
Got to have quality pics in order to give quality advice. Good pics will also help her recruiting. I volunteer to take them for her. If she's cute. Just a service I offer to the community.
Posted on 2/8/17 at 5:03 pm to little billy
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My daughter is 13 and a good tennis player. Our goal for her is a D1 scholarship. I'll send her to Iowa if that's what it takes to play D1 instead of letting her stay in California and play D2. So far the only D1 schools tracking her and visiting her recruiting page regularly are Eastern Washington and Villanova. I would send her to either one before letting her go to a D2 or D3 school in California. Hopefully a D1 school in California will offer her eventually. So my long answer is Valparaiso but that's just me.
My coworker's daughter is a sophomore in high school and plays softball. He's spent probably $15,000 a year on travel ball and private coaching since she was in elementary school. She might be good enough to be a backup player at the small college level, if she doesn't burn out, get hurt, or decide she'd rather spend time hanging out with her friends. He could have been putting that money away all this time and have enough to pay full tuition at a top flight university.
Posted on 2/8/17 at 5:09 pm to Jim Rockford
I am spending about that per year on tennis. There is a timeline to where I will reevaluate. She's still in 8th grade so I am willing to continue paying for the tennis academy, lessons, USTA tournaments, etc. If by the time she's entering her Junior year it's not looking like it's going to happen I'll probably pull the plug and just let her enjoy high school tennis and forget about college tennis. As for now I still believe she will play D1 tennis.
Posted on 2/8/17 at 5:21 pm to anc
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As someone who competed 4 years in collegiate athletics, I wouldn't advise anyone to attend a school on athletic scholarship unless their family could afford the school without the scholarship. I knew too many people on my own school and at other schools who lost passion for their sport but had to stay on the team for the money. This led them to hate something that once brought them much joy.
This is the best advice in the thread although I would add also go to a school you like with coaches you like. Only tried one year as a walk on with academic scholly at a sport I was really good at in HS, but as a freshman below average compared to elite college competition. Made the (right) decision to focus on school and being a real student. I did have some lower level athletic scholarship options and maybe I would have stayed with it all 4 years at one of those places, but it would have sucked to not like the school/coaches, but have to stay for the scholly money.
Posted on 2/8/17 at 5:33 pm to anc
Let her pick the place and then it is what it is! One of my sons played D2 baseball and loved it. Another is now playing D2 ball and feels the same. College is within 40 mins and they compete well in the upper tier in their conference. It's not D1 and not SEC but so.....
Posted on 2/8/17 at 5:37 pm to anc
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What would the OT do: Your child is an athlete
Punch his mama right in da mouf because there is no way, NO WAY he comes from my loins.
Posted on 2/8/17 at 5:42 pm to Jim Rockford
I'm amazed when I hear parents of soccer players refer to the thousands of dollars spent on club, camps, ODP, etc as an investment. Most of these kids that end up playing soccer at the college level will do so at institutions that they wouldn't give a second look based on academic offerings. It's quite sad, to be honest.
Posted on 2/8/17 at 5:52 pm to Eightballjacket
I have a son that is really good at soccer but I definitely don't see it as some kind of investment. There is a very high probability that we will spend more than we receive financially from it. However, he loves it. Every year I remind him that this stops when he doesn't love it. I think the financial mentality is much worse in travel baseball.
This post was edited on 2/8/17 at 5:53 pm
Posted on 2/8/17 at 5:56 pm to anc
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Queens and Valpo are really good schools. Delta State is your typical Southern regional college.
I'm surprised Delta State has enough swimmers to field a team.
Posted on 2/8/17 at 6:01 pm to tigerskin
The way I understand it, most of the Queens scholarship offer is academic. She's a smart kid. Basically have to pay for housing.
Delta State gives full tuition to anyone with above a 28. That's why a little D2 scholarship can cover so much. The Valpo offer is a mix. they have D1 scholarship money.
I talked to her dad and shared some of the advice. What they don't know is how Valpo looks on a resume if she wants to come back South. Some people in this thread think its a brand, others not so much. If they wouldn't have beaten Ole Miss in the NCAA Tournament that time, would as many people know they exist?
Delta State gives full tuition to anyone with above a 28. That's why a little D2 scholarship can cover so much. The Valpo offer is a mix. they have D1 scholarship money.
I talked to her dad and shared some of the advice. What they don't know is how Valpo looks on a resume if she wants to come back South. Some people in this thread think its a brand, others not so much. If they wouldn't have beaten Ole Miss in the NCAA Tournament that time, would as many people know they exist?
Posted on 2/8/17 at 6:03 pm to Kcrad
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I'm surprised Delta State has enough swimmers to field a team.
Delta State's facility is SEC-level. They get swimmers from all over. We've been there for club swimming several times.
Posted on 2/8/17 at 6:08 pm to anc
Honestly, its not every day you can be a fighting Okra. Delta St is the answer.
Posted on 2/8/17 at 6:12 pm to anc
I'm going to be contrarian and say don't worry about the brand. She's going to nursing school. The job market for nurses is such that if she completes a BS/BSN she will get a job. It's not like an engineering degree from MIT vs South Alabama (and I just made that up- for all I know USA has a world class engineering program).
She should go where she will be happy, have the support to be able to pursue swimming while staying on top of her academics, and have fun.
She should go where she will be happy, have the support to be able to pursue swimming while staying on top of her academics, and have fun.
Posted on 2/8/17 at 6:27 pm to anc
Where does she want to go?
Posted on 2/8/17 at 6:29 pm to anc
That looks like a nice facility. Send your kid there.
Posted on 2/8/17 at 6:35 pm to anc
She needs to do what she wants to do...is how we learn, something about adulthood
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