Since this thread briefly talked about “culture”...any advice on how to tell/tools for deciding if your kid can hack it in a completely different environment? Husband and I are both lifelong Westcoasters. Lefty is a high academic kid. It looks like most of the schools on the list we are building are in a significant distance away. Most would also involve a weather change and a culture change. Granted he will change quite a bit in the next 2.5 years, but that’s a lot. If he were going for just academics I would worry less. Seriously, how do your pitchers keep their fingers loose enough for movement on pitches when it’s snowing?!