<p>@EastvWest. I agree with many of the things already said. I am confused…was your daughter recruited to play for Stanford or is she going to be a walk-on? And for what sport? Because as others have said each sport requires different set of time commitments. Stanford, unlike any of its academic peers (H or P), have top athletes (Olympic and Professional level) who compete against the best athletes in the world (they don’t compete with ONLY an academic conference)…
…and whatever the endeavor, be it academics or sports, the students at Stanford strive to be the best…</p>
<p>…the student-athletes I have known over the years were just as focused in their studies as anyone else who was not an athlete…“premeds” included…and by the way, there is no such thing as “premed” major…and most “premeds” can major in almost anything to get into a top medical school…</p>
<p>…so, if your daughter is not of the highest caliber and just wants to “participate” in athletics as an extracurricular activity to get into a medical school like so many other kids do at ALL colleges…then Stanford is probably not it…</p>
<p>…but, if your daughter is of the highest caliber and is excited to compete with the best and be part of a great tradition of giving it her all for her team, the school, and winning the Director’s Learfield Cup (the top NCAA Prize in athletics given to a school each year) 19 years in a row and counting…then Stanford is where she belongs…</p>
<p>…just recently one of the top runners, Miles Unterreiner, who also wrote for the Stanford Daily won the Rhodes Scholarship…
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<p>…and maybe you may have heard of Eric Heiden (5 time Olympic Gold Medalist) who attended Stanford for college and medical school…
<a href=“Eric Heiden - Wikipedia”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Heiden</a></p>
<p>…hope this helps.</p>