There might be a different way to look at this. My first child had a 34 act c gpa uw 3.98 and she took option to attend top 10 university with soccer and is doing well socially academically and athletically. Only way in was to take offer, there was only one offer. If that is only option and your child wants it great…My other child is a swimmer and has multiple offers but she also is one of those gifted students with all the accolades and has chosen to apply RD( not sure which one she wants and would like to see recruiting class first) to all the schools. In response she has received offers for free visits, and free admission aps if willing to apply to ed2. Several top program coaches have insisted she might not get in… She probably wont get in to some of them, but I bet she gets into several and I believe the fear is there’s that they’ll lose my child as a swimmer, time will tell. I believe that fear is being used way too much. Consider our country.