Stanford or Michigan?

momochan
Fri, 15 Nov 2013 16:50:10 +0000

I hope you will hold out for Stanford. Son is a 1st year student athlete at Stanford, and I am happy to report that he is allowed to be exactly that…a STUDENT-athlete. He is taking a rigorous STEM-heavy course load, and while he is very busy trying to balance school and sport, he is deliriously happy with his overall experience. He also has plenty of company on the team as far as players who are serious students and athletes. Stanford was one of the few schools in the country that had several starters doing (and excelling in!) STEM majors…I would say even more than at several Ivies he considered. This is a sport which is NOT traditionally a high-GPA sport in college or high school. Congratulations on putting yourself in this position.