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<p>Rebound2015,</p>

<p>Our experience has been similar to others. Ivy coach checks freshmen academic performance and standing every Friday in the Fall, and every other Friday during Spring season. He will check on others as needed. Tutors are available, and can be arranged through the school as they would be to any student. </p>

<p>Getting work done is a priority. They learn that being on the road is an opportunity to get work done. Wireless connectivity is provided by son’s bus service. Sometimes a test has to be administered, and the coach will proctor the exam. This becomes part of the student/athlete experience and they learn quickly to get their work done. My son is a junior, and he’s not had any issues with professors. When my son was a freshmen, there was a senior that he could go to ask engineering questions when they were on the road. They take care of each other, too.</p>

<p>I think as you look into more and more schools you get a sense of what they are about. In our experience, the more academically competitive schools (ivy, NESCAC, Patriot) did not offer gratis tutoring for athletes. You were expected to do everything on your own. If you need help, you go where the general student body goes. That is a vastly different policy than what we saw in the ACC, SEC, A-10, Big East, and CAA) where tutors travelled with the team, and were there when needed. </p>

<p>On this particular topic, I think it is real important to know what kind of learner your son or daughter is, and their organizational skill level. Frankly, we were very worried about my son’s organizational skills (at any college) but he learned very quickly not to fall behind. It was very much a sink or swim situation that you only find out when they do it. Truthfully, I think playing college sports forced him to become more organized. He never had to do it in high school because he was never seriously challenged academically. That changed in college on his first day. He realized he is an average student on an Ivy campus, and he better do something if he wants to stay ahead of the curve. I guess I’m trying to paint the picture that they will figure it out on their own, and that time management, and organizational skills are learned in real time by college athletes.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>Hopping into the conversation…
as the parent of a scholar-athlete at hyp, please note the students don’t get any tutor/study hrs etc…there are no perks of choosing classes first, housing etc…
Your student is on their own.</p>

<p>FinAid calculators may or may not give you accurate #s. We have used our student’s Us cal and it was off by 30%…the aid was lower than anticipated…as they do things with their institutional method behind closed doors. For example, it you are self employed, they add back any SEP contributions which they don’;t do to those whose employers make an IRA contribution.</p>

<p>As far as admission-- K1 has the same GPA/scores etc that the avg admit has at the U. </p>

<p>As far as classwork etc–it is a grind…the scholar-athletes who have heavy practice schedules and like ours, is a STEM major, will be very busy and tired all the time. There are no breaks for academics…in fact they do have far less time to get work done especially if the teams travel. Work gets handed in early and official travel is recorded by the U so Profs know.</p>