<p>A word to the wise about 'dropping other EC's' and concentrating on sports rather than academics. Nephew was doing just that and talking to several college coaches, but blew out his shoulder in his senior year. Interest of coaches dropped to zero....</p>
<p>^^ Excellent point.</p>
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<p>If the athlete is high-calibre and the injury is not career-ending, in general college coaches do not care if the athlete is injured. In fact, injuries are common and expected in most sports. So long as the athlete is working toward recovery and plans to continue playing, recruiting will not change. (This is based both on personal experience as well as advice from other coaches.)</p>
<p>Just in case your D does take this all the way to college, here's an interesting article from the Yale Daily News on the post-college value of college sports: <a href="http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/23377%5B/url%5D">http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/23377</a></p>
<p>Sorry to be hijacking this thread, but I think I'm in rather similar circumstances. I am a sophomore right now and take part in a sport which is time-heavy and train more than 10 hours a week. This leaves me with little or no time for other ECs. I am interested in playing for a college, but based on my seniors experiences, they are good enough to make the team but not get heavily recruited for it. Thus, I was thinking if coaches will look favourably on deferring enrollment to train? I plan to do some volunteer work overseas as well. I am an intl std so if I defer enrollment I will have about 1 yr 8mths more. Any opinions?</p>
<p>shib
If you are not involved in a revenue producing sport don't expect to be heavily recruited. It is up to you to produce a good resume and sell yourself. I would send an email to coaches (attach resume) at the schools you are interested in along with asking them the question you pose to us here. A videotape of you playing might help as well.</p>
<p>Very good advice given on this thread. Sometimes I panic when I hear what other families have their kids doing, knowing that it'll be a cold day in h@ll before DS would ever get involved in those activities. He's a Jonny One Note and hopefully it'll help him get in somewhere where he can play. Meanwhile, this summer he'll be involved in the sport in a not for profit helping kids to learn it. We work with what we have, right? Can't fit a square peg into a round hole at our house!</p>
<p>shib:</p>
<p>One possibility might be to do a postgraduate year at a prep school (there are many of them). This practice has become increasingly common among high school athletes seeking to improve their recruitability. Be aware, however: without financial aid, these PG years can be very expensive.</p>
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<p>Love that DKE - I have one of those too :) - she is sooo far out of the box that she can't even see the box - gotta love those really different and dedicated kids who wave that banner high and proudly :)</p>
<p>D's friend has a GPA in the low 3's, took a few honors classes... and invested himself heavily in rowing. Personal trainer, the works. Ended up being recruited to attend UC Berkeley to row crew. I don't know that he had any other EC's.</p>
<p>So it might depend on which varsity sport you're involved in, as there aren't a lot of great rowers in high school.</p>