Francis7, My son is living a fairytale. P5 school and at the time he was being recruited they there were the number 1 team in the country. My son wanted to go to one school. His grandfather was a professor there for over 40 years. We have pictures of him back to 5 years old at football and basketball games. He was getting "love" from several instate mid majors. He was getting "I think I like you" from his dream school. Basically his offer was, prove to us we should keep you around. They guaranteed admission and it was a school he would not have been accepted on his own merits. He did sweat it out the first couple falls, wondering if he would get cut. He has had a successful college career, both on and off the field and will graduate this spring with a masters degree and no debt.
He bet on himself and he won, however it doesn't always work out that way. That is way everyone on this board says, go where you are loved. It is a lot less anxiety.