<p>EKU is off the list Consolation…lol</p>
<p>all comments have been much appreciated. S is uncertain about the Service Academies…Navy wants him to come up on an official visit next month as well. S has never considered a military career before…but jets might sway him.</p>
<p>Flight Surgeon…hmmmm…</p>
<p>Congrats! Air Force is a heck of a program. However, he should go visit Annapolis, that campus is beautiful and well it’s Navy.</p>
<p>In the next month things will likely get even more complicated for your son as teams finish off their classes. It sounds like you have some great choices and an outstanding student-athlete.</p>
<p>thanks trojan…I believe you are correct on all accounts…:)</p>
<p>thanks Pack Mom…perhaps my son will follow in your sons’ friends’ footsteps.</p>
<p>jdjaguar, My spouse is a Naval Aviator (Marine Corps) who went through college on an NROTC scholarship. He’s been in 20+ years and will be retiring soon. His father is a USNA grad and also made a career out of it. </p>
<p>Just an FYI, Flight surgeons do not go to flight school to become pilots. Even the rare pilot who goes to medical school after a few tours as a pilot cannot fly in combat. </p>
<p>With an NROTC scholarship, a student has one year to change their mind with no obligation. I’m unsure about the USNA. I mention that because even with a flight contract, if your son becomes medically unable to fly he will still owe the military several years. The standards for being a pilot are considerably higher than being an officer in a different speciality. </p>
<p>Best of luck to your son in his decision.</p>
<p>jdjaguar…
my suggestion is that your son immediately begin contacting coaches at more schools who have very selective admissions…use the petersons.com search engine…you can run the list to show most selective, very selective, moderately selective. from what i am reading i think i’m understanding that your son may have a higher ACT or SAT, very good grades and high class ranking…if so…this puts him in a limited recruiting pool of student athletes for colleges with competitive admissions…and then add in the fact that he is a d1 recruit (mid-major?)…or possible walkon top tier football programs…i think coaches at the top academic schools of any division would like to hear from him. take the time to run the list and i think you’ll see what i mean. a pattern should emerge on the schools to contact.</p>
<p>perhaps it would helpful to get some feedback from others here on top academic schools that also have top football programs…</p>
<p>has he contacted the hyps coaches yet ? how about univ. of virginia, univ. of texas, notre dame, duke, michigan, wisconsin, usc, etc.</p>
<p>sounds like he is in a really good position with some nice options…congrats !</p>
<p>it does sound like not playing isn’t an option…he should find a good fit at a school where he can definitely play at some point during his 4 years…and not warm the bench for 4 years.</p>
<p>is red-shirting an option anywhere ?</p>
<p>Lots of good options here… how was the Dartmouth visit? (besides cold, ha ha)</p>
<p>^^ I think he’s on his way right now. Given the weather report, if the kid “loves” Dartmouth after THIS visit, I’d believe him.</p>
<p>It’s 20 degrees in Hanover – not the worst.</p>
<p>Hanover is beautiful in the winter, as is the D campus. The weather forecast includes light snow late Sat/Sun, which will of course be very, very pretty.</p>
<p>The shock to the system of a Floridian of 20 degrees may be too much, of course. :D</p>
<p>Hi consolation,
I didn’t intend anything negative in my post. I took my daughter to New England in the month of March, for the very first time. It was Frozen Mud season. Somehow the beauty of each campus came through and she fell in love with many, proving the maxim: Love is blind, and apparently not sensitive to cold. I had intended to show her this part of the country at its worst, and my plan backfired.</p>
<p>just back in from Hanover.
after 10 hours of travelling, we were just pulling into the driveway at home, when S asks…“Well, what did you think…”</p>
<p>I said I loved it…he said …“so did I”.</p>
<p>There is just something about that school and that community.</p>
<p>Dartmouth offered admission to S.</p>
<p>More later…need to crash. (and figure out how to pay for 4 years in the Ivy)</p>
<p>They offered him admission – on the spot?? What is this kid, the second coming??</p>
<p>Glad he loved it. Everyone who goes there loves it too.</p>
<p>riverrunner–I didn’t think you did!</p>
<p>Your only mistake was taking her during <strong>frozen</strong> mud season. It’s when the mud is viscous and rivals that of trenches in the Great War that it gets to us. 
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<p>Good news, jdj! Hmom5 and I look forward to welcoming you to the fold. :)</p>
<p>What is it about that little NH backwater town that’s so captivating? DH keeps wanting to head up for a weekend and I have to keep explaining we can not do that to DS! Yet I too just want to check into that Inn and drink hot apple cider (spiked of course) on the porch and watch all those happy kids cross the Green. Something in the water perhaps? We had our own great college years and two older kids who had happy college years but never saw anything like this until we touched down in Hanover.</p>
<p>Best of luck to your son, to you and to your accountant/financial advisor in finding a way!</p>
<p>“There is just something about that school and that community.”
Very, very true! Congratulations!</p>
<p>jdjaguar,
Thanks for starting this thread – I have a high-stats football player evaluating some of the same issues for next year (though I don’t think his football talents approach your S’s) and this has been a very useful discussion. Many congrats to your S!</p>
<p>Riverrunner – S1 made his first visit to UChicago in a snowstorm – and that was all she wrote! I figured if he liked it in the snow and cold, he’d be quite happy. And he is!</p>
<p>I figure if S fell in love w/ Dartmouth in January, he will be in heaven come September.</p>
<p>Damn, I want to go back tonight! :)</p>
<p>Thanks for all responses…CountingDown…email me at <a href="mailto:jdjaguar@comcast.net">jdjaguar@comcast.net</a> and I could share some thoughts about the highs and lows (and pitfalls) along the recruiting way…</p>
<p>thanks menlomom. I am indeed very proud.</p>
<p>Never thought I would countenance my son vis-a-vis Air Force and Dartmouth</p>
<p>…way back when…</p>
<p>Congrats! Can’t go wrong going to Dartmouth. He’ll have a great 4 year life experience, get a great education, and get to play football. Like Mastercard says, some things are priceless.</p>