- May 23, 2010
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Not sure how to address this without hurting feelings, crushing dreams, or being deemed crazy...
There are parents on my kid's travel team that truly think that their kids can play at the State Flagship U. This is a large university and most of the players come from out of state. Currently the U has one freshman, one sophomore and one senior from in state. I know the sophomore - my eldest played on a team with her (though my eldest was by no means D1 material).
They also think that their kids will earn academic scholarships at certain schools because they are "A" students. Now I don't know the SAT scores of every kid on the team (many have not taken SATs yet), but I am pretty sure that they won't get the big merit scholarships from the schools they are talking about. I looked up stats of kids who have won these scholarships and the lowest SAT score I saw was 2250.
My kid is one of the weaker players on the team and I already have been brushed off when I commented about the importance of SAT scores (parent said the coach said they hardly even look at SAT scores, just GPA). I know that is not true as my eldest and many of her friends applied to the school in question last year.
I guess I should discuss with the coach, and maybe he can let them down gently/redirect them. He would agree with everything I have said as we have had some prior conversations about college (mainly about academics). What do you suggest?
There are parents on my kid's travel team that truly think that their kids can play at the State Flagship U. This is a large university and most of the players come from out of state. Currently the U has one freshman, one sophomore and one senior from in state. I know the sophomore - my eldest played on a team with her (though my eldest was by no means D1 material).
They also think that their kids will earn academic scholarships at certain schools because they are "A" students. Now I don't know the SAT scores of every kid on the team (many have not taken SATs yet), but I am pretty sure that they won't get the big merit scholarships from the schools they are talking about. I looked up stats of kids who have won these scholarships and the lowest SAT score I saw was 2250.
My kid is one of the weaker players on the team and I already have been brushed off when I commented about the importance of SAT scores (parent said the coach said they hardly even look at SAT scores, just GPA). I know that is not true as my eldest and many of her friends applied to the school in question last year.
I guess I should discuss with the coach, and maybe he can let them down gently/redirect them. He would agree with everything I have said as we have had some prior conversations about college (mainly about academics). What do you suggest?