Piano vs Basketball

Proudpatriot
Thu, 20 Oct 2016 11:00:10 +0000

Why can’t he do sports and music? He doesn’t have to be a superstar at either one if he likes them both.

We have resisted having our kids groomed specifically for college. We let them participate in what they liked, at the level they could. Oldest was a varsity athlete in 4 sports. He dropped his instrument after freshman year. He was rejected at the very top schools he applied to but wound up graduating from Case Western and is currently working at a large bank.

Middle was a very involved musician (piano and percussion) and also played lacrosse. He was not a superstar athlete but he liked lacrosse. He did not do travel lacrosse or private coaching. He did take private piano lessons and drum set lessons. He wound up at Belmont University (not a CC favorite) which has a very very competitive music department.

Youngest is involved in Model UN, Literary Magazine and plays lacrosse. He dropped football after his sophomore year so that he could do Model UN. We don’t know how well he will do in college admissions but I don’t think it makes sense to force a child to do what some unknown person may or may not think is impressive for college admissions. He will go to school somewhere. If it is a school below the top 20 then so be it.

Let your child do what he wants to do.