SoCal OG posted:2019&21 Dad posted:JCG posted:RJM is dead on. Look at it this way, would you rather see your kid go to one of the top 10 schools on that list, or would you rather seem him go to a school like Caltech, which I know without looking is near the bottom?
But you can try to have both, to a certain extent. We have a user who, before his kid's baseball career came to an end, tried to aggregate baseball quality and academic quality on one list. It's pretty good.
I can tell you my son's preference is in line with this suggestion and he (and I) is anxiously awaiting Caltech's EA admission decision--hopefully this Saturday. He may not win many games playing at Caltech, but I think his career prospects in Physics would work out just fine going there! He's supported by both the departing coach, Matthew Mark and newly hired Kevin Whitehead. He has excellent academic credentials competitive with anyone to apply there, but he's hoping that baseball can be the differentiator from the thousands of other similarly qualified candidates. Ultimately, my advice to anyone in HS would be to focus more on academics because the potential opportunities there (now and future) far outweigh the athletic ones. But keep developing athletically because that might help be a "hook" in a competitive admissions situation.
My son will also (fingers crossed) will be playing in the SCIAC. He had options for some lower end east coast D1's and was in the running at an Ivy but ultimately chose to 1) stay somewhere warm & 2) attend a high academic school. Although, if the Ivy was offered he would have absolutely braved the cold and gone there.
I have a neighbor who used to coach girls basketball at Caltech. She told us she had to completely change her perspective and re-define what success meant. As an example, she had a girl who for the life of her could not figure out how to play a 2-3 zone, HOWEVER, this same girl actually discovered a BRAND NEW PLANET! So yeah, thats winning.
I don’t believe this post discovering a planet can be topped.
Dont knock Cal Tech Baseball. They have some momentum. They’ve won twelve games over the past two seasons. It’s not the noteriety of losing 310 straight. But wining a few is more fun.
Correction: Men’s basketball lost 310 straight. Baseball only lost 228 in a row.
"You may be beating us now. But you will be working for us later!”