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<li><p>If accepting a scholarship, do i have to go right out of high school or can i take a year off from schooling and still take it later?</p></li>
<li><p>If option two to question 1, How likely would it be for someone who is being recruited during high school to take a year off and still be able to walk on at that college?</p></li>
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<p>Im trying to decide how i want to approach college, but i dont really want to go at it right out of high school because of personal reasons even though my track career so far is excellent…</p>
<p>Both my kids are scholarship athletes for college but not in track, they play 2 different sports but from what I saw on the NLI taking a year off was not an option. The only way that you might be able to make that work is by working it out with the coach of the school that wants to sign you but if you are taking a year off from competing then the coach might not be so gung ho to sign you.
I imagine though if you are good enough to receive a scholarship out of high school then you ought to be good enough to walk on a year later, as long as you train and stay fit. I can say though that taking a year off from school can really make it hard to go back. Unless it is really necessary IMO I would not recommend it. Best of luck to you.</p>
<p>It is going to depend alot on the willingness of the coach & school to accomodate you, and what you can bring athletically to their program…but I have to tell you that is a long shot. </p>
<p>Most D1 coaches would not consider delayed enrollment as an option for their program, and I think that is reasonable. They have a job to do, and that is to get the best players/athletes to compete. As momof2010 points out there may be NLI concerns as well because there is athletic scholarship dollars being used. Would you want to pay someone now with the possibility they might do something a year from now…I know I wouldn’t. I would have rathered used that money for someone else that is going to do that job now. </p>
<p>It sounds to me like you may have more important things on your mind, and that may affect when you enroll. I would want to get the bigger picture items taken care of before considering athletic commitments.</p>