See if you can talk with some of the kids on the track teams at each school. Ask them all sorts of questions. A bunch of my relatives played college sports and here’s just a few questions based on some things they wish were better:
- what happens if you have a conflict between class (or a test/presentation) and a meet (at my nephew’s school a prof didn’t have to let you have make-ups and some refused)
- how accessible tutoring is (at my kid’s school, even though she was entitled to an athletic tutor, she was too far down the wait list to get one for the class she wanted)
- questions around injuries. (my niece quit her sport because the coach was pushing her to play with injuries…luckily she was able to switch to another sport) (my kid had the opposite experience with her coach being very supportive and getting fabulous PT).
-also ask them about their typical in-season and off-season day