<p>Any thoughts on this? Has anyone done it or know anyone who has??? My son...did a freshman year at public then freshman at prep school. What about repeating junior year/possible pg year? Athletics injury....bad timing.</p>
<p>I’d say PG rather than doing junior year twice. . Could he continue at his current school as a PG? With the injury, I’d say that it would be completely understandable, especially since he plays at a high level, correct? Are there age limits to worry about for entering college freshmen? Forgive me, I know virtually nothing about sports, except that there are all kinds of rules regarding eligibility.</p>
<p>I’m sorry to hear about the injury. Did it just knock him out of play, or is it severe enough to impact his performance in class too?</p>
<p>I don’t know if he can stay at his school for PG…I don’t think so, as we often get PG’s from other prep schools (not sure if it is a rule). Not really sure the NCAA rules surrounding this. As far as I know, he just needs to have complete his 16 core credits within 8 semesters of beginning high school (this counts his first freshman year). The only other NCAA rule that could impact a repeater is that age 25 is the cutoff for NCAA competition, so that wouldn’t be a problem either.</p>
<p>We don’t know the extent of the injury yet…ortho this week. He is fully ambulatory, so classes are not impacted. Too bad, as he has worked all his life for DI and had several coaches lined up to see him play…one was there the day of the injury, actually.</p>
<p>Yes, some students do repeat twice, but usually freshmen and soph years and for academic reasons. Double repeats even happen at tier one schools.<br>
For sports I would go the PG route.</p>
<p>So sorry about the injury.</p>
<p>What sport? In Hockey or Lacrosse(Average age of Freshman approaches 19.5 this year) it would be more acceptable. </p>
<p>I would assume football or soccer considering the timing, but I am just making sure.</p>
<p>Many athletes get injured. In many sports, it’s typical for teams to have players on the DL for a good part of the season. There is rarely a convenient time, but the risk of injury is part of playing. It is good your son is ambulatory and I hope he is better soon. But I think six years of high school is an extreme idea unless he’s actually going to miss much of this school year because of his injury.</p>
<p>^^For his sport, this is prime recruiting time and he likely will miss all of it. He had a list of coaches scheduled to come see him.</p>
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<p>What bad luck!
I have no answers for you, but I suspect that many 20 year-olds would bristle at boarding school restrictions & rules.</p>
<p>Last year, one of Blair’s star football PG’s was recruited by Pitt. He left Blair to join Pitt in January <a href=“http://www.blair.edu/Athletics/Football/ath_football_lewis091109.shtm[/url]”>http://www.blair.edu/Athletics/Football/ath_football_lewis091109.shtm</a>. I don’t know how the school felt about that, but it is one approach. He was a star, and continues to be. He was 18 last fall.</p>
<p>Sorry, but the Blair student above was not a PG. He was such a great player, I just assumed he was. So I guess it’s never mind…</p>
<p>However, I wonder if a PG recruited for a fall sport can join a D1 college in January. I have no clue.</p>
<p>Wouldn’t his club and school team coaches be able to talk to the recruiting college coaches so they would know his level of play? Can he do club play in the winter and spring so that he may be seen by college coaches?</p>
<p>^^He does play club, but if it a major injury, he likely won’t be in top form for his spring season. </p>
<p>You can leave hs early to join a DI team.</p>
<p>It was actually my son’s idea to repeat; I don’t think the rules would bother him as it would be all he know so far.</p>
<p>I think your best advisor may be your son’s coach. As your school does accept PGs, he would have seen similar situations in the past. He would know if similar students had any problem with admission to D1 schools.</p>
<p>I am very sorry to hear of the injury. I hope that it can be treated quickly.</p>
<p>Some of the sports leagues have an age requirement on PGs. I can’t remember what it is though—they just can’t turn 20 before Oct. or something like that. You should check that out, as it might influence your decision.</p>
<p>My first thought would be that 6 years of high school might be too much and that the rules a PG has to live by might be too restrictive for a 20 year old. However, if you son is already at boarding school, he knows the rules so maybe he is ready for it. I think that the schools will think about those issues when evaluating your son too.</p>
<p>Luckily he wouldn’t turn 20 until spring. He loves his school and has always jokingly said he wanted to reclassify so he could stay longer. Now he may not have a choice (if he wants to continue to pursue his athletics goals).</p>