Elite athletes at Boarding Schools

one1ofeach
Mon, 05 Apr 2021 05:47:16 +0000

It is definitely a little different at each school. If your kid is a good enough player to get B’s and still get into the school he wants to go to that’s a different story. Maybe that is more “doable” but still I’d really nail down how many Saturday classes can he skip, how many afternoons can he leave for practice. Often they say yes but then you find out it’s after his afternoon school commitment (whatever sport he’s playing at school because most require it - plus there are Saturday games for school - not skip able so Sundays only?) which leaves zero time for homework.

Also. How will he manage skipping classes? We were told good students can make it work and once you’re there they want to limit you to one or two days of missing school. Additionally missing class is pretty much always super stressful. I really don’t have personal experience with Lawrenceville, I just don’t imagine it’s that different from what I’ve seen in MA (maybe it is different - I’m not sure about the academic stress there).

To be honest I’d say they rely on the kids who are already good enough to be D1 recruits and not the kids who need to still be developed. Those kids are going to end up at D3 NESCAC schools because they’re good but can’t get good enough at BS to jump to the next level.