Reply to "Choosing 4 over 40"

RJMHSBaseballWeb member since 2007

I told my kids the choice would be 70/30 academics over athletics. They chose quality colleges. I wasn’t going to allow them to choose Woosamotta U because they have good baseball/softball programs. My daughter chose a school that on face value would be considered mediocre. But in her major it was one of the best in the country.

When she chose to go to law school I believe having attended this college hurt her chances for the top law schools despite graduating PBK and a top 5% LSAT. She worked in a law firm doing legal research, built contacts and easily got into an Ivy three years later.

One might argue she delayed advancement for three years by waiting to attend law school. I look at where she is now and am quite sure she has no regrets.

9/23/2212:00 PM

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