Academic Assistance

3boymom:

Try asking this question on the 'Ask About College' forum which is the sixth forum below this one.

3boymom,
It's ok that you posted in this thread.

When deciding upon a school it was very important for us (not him) to know that he would have academic assistance whenever needed (17 year olds don't think of those things).

I can't tell you how it is at other schools. At sons school, as a freshman he HATED that study hall and was glad to be released after his first semester. However something clicked last sememster and he discovered that he had a great support system and takes advantage of it every minute he can. Some think you only need it when things are going wrong, not so. Son takes advantage by signing up for tutors to help study, write papers and ask quesions if he cannot see a professor. He has been praised by his coaches for using what is available to him as a student athlete, and not available to others. They have a fine facility for this purpose, equiped with rooms and rooms of state of the art computers, printers, you name it.

I think that this is very important factor to weigh when choosing a school.

At my son's school the athletic department offers two counselors and a required study hall. No special tutoring is available to athletes, athletes use the same tutors/study groups as all other students.

College is what you make of it.