Elite athletes at Boarding Schools

one1ofeach
Sun, 04 Apr 2021 19:12:22 +0000

OP. If you are considering boarding school with an elite level athlete I will chime in and say it is a hard road. Both my kids were day students and played a sport at “elite level” outside of school and I don’t recommend. It is a huge added stress and I’ve come to realize that part of why I think homework is so out of control is because my kids had an extra 3-4 hours of commitment three times a week plus games all weekend on TOP of varsity sports which practice/play 5-6 times per week at BS.

I’ll say there are kids who make it seem easy. Those are kids who are so athletically gifted that they can be recruited for a sport while only playing that sport in season at school. This is the rare athlete and it’s a kid who is good enough to go real, high level D1 but opts for Ivy D1. That kind of kid isnt having a a hard time but that kind of kid is pretty rare.

It is doable. It is grueling. It is stressful.

I think @Golfgr8 would agree??