Mark H wrote:I think that's well known but I may be assuming too much. Its good to make it very clear.
Hey Mark, I sent you a PM when you have a moment.
Mark H wrote:I think that's well known but I may be assuming too much. Its good to make it very clear.
fastpitchdad05 wrote:Mark H wrote:I think that's well known but I may be assuming too much. Its good to make it very clear.
Hey Mark, I sent you a PM when you have a moment.
Mark H wrote:fastpitchdad05 wrote:Mark H wrote:I think that's well known but I may be assuming too much. Its good to make it very clear.
Hey Mark, I sent you a PM when you have a moment.
I see it. In a car on the way to practice. I'll get with you asap.
Speaking of that if anyone has an 18 gold outfielder we are looking for one more in Houston.
It would be interesting to hear some input from those who are more familiar with the process and experience what their take on these questions would be:
- If softball is the edge that gets you into a school that you wouldn't get into on you academic merits alone, are you going to be able to compete academically with those students who did while you are carrying the extra time commitment of practices and games?
- Will you be able to get the degree you want?
- Will that degree justify the expenses that you will incur getting it?
My impressions on the last two are that most, if not all, Ivies are extremely supportive of their athletes' academic schedules and tailor their commitment expectations around that. That doesn't necessarily hold true for all of the elite schools with softball programs.
Edit: Forgot an important (at least IMHO) question:
- Is the extra time and expense that you need to put into your softball going to pay the best dividends with regard to college opportunities and expenses, or would that time and money be better spent on academics.
as the world turns wrote:Indoctrination begins immediately, they only have 4 years to mold minds, no time to waste.
http://www.campusreform.org/?ID=8078
fastpitchdad05 wrote:as the world turns wrote:Indoctrination begins immediately, they only have 4 years to mold minds, no time to waste.
http://www.campusreform.org/?ID=8078
You're right, ATWT...I think we should paint all 5453 Yale undergraduate students with the same brush as these "roughly 20" students.
There are protests like this at nearly every university in the country including the one I attended when dinosaurs roamed the earth. Let's give the other 5400 or so at Yale credit for being their own individuals just like we were when we were young and had to sort things out.
Ever the curmudgeon...