Do college programs still push players to easier majors?

TG,
At both schools son was considering they discouraged majoring in engineering, pre law or pre med. These courses have many labs which have to be attended.

It's a personal decision and should be considered in the choice. More competitive baseball programs will try to direct you towards easier majors.

The experience that we've had is that there was no indication about preferred majors from the recruiting staff at all. There were majors that wouldn't fit with the program and we were told about them. Basically, it is whatever classes you can fit into the daily schedule of early am workouts and mid-day baseball practices.

Consider the player who qualified for exempt from equivalency academic monies(non-countable)as an incoming Freshman.

Then after year one, this applies:

15.5.3.2.1.2 Institutional Academic Scholarships.

Institutional academic scholarships that are
part of an institution’s normal arrangements for academic scholarships, based solely on the recipient’s academic record at the certifying institution, awarded independently of athletics interests and in amounts consistent with the pattern of all such awards made by the institution, are exempt from an institution’s equivalency computation, provided the recipient has completed at least one academic year of full-time enrollment at the certifying institution and has achieved a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.300 (on a 4.000 scale) at the certifying institution.

I wonder what the stats are for upperclass retention of the exemption status. Maybe some kids lose that and the coach goes crazy?

Maybe simpler classes are a preventitive measure?

Having played at UCLA, I knew teammates who were engineering and math majors, and no doubt was it tough for them to balance class and school. I was a history major because number one, it fit with my practice and game schedule, and number two, I enjoyed the study. Unfortunately for many college players, this is the case. However, I was never pushed by the coaches to do this; they felt that if you wanted to major in it, go for it. I cannot say the same for other schools but where I came from, the freedom to choose was there. The only problem is, college players always need to find classes that fit their schedule, and many times the ones they want aren't at a time they can get.

by NC (my mods):
"The experience that we've had is that there was no indication about preferred majors from the recruiting baseball staff at all."

"There were majors that wouldn't were tough to fit with the baseball program and we were told about them."


I do agree with that .. at G-Tech my son's team-mates had majors such as business, science, engineering, chemistry, & pre-med, etc. many of the guys with the most demanding schedules also had the highest GPA & most academic honors.

during my 5 yrs interacting w/many team parents I never heard of any baseball staff involvement in steering to any particular major, or discouraging any other particular major either

academic advisors offer a wealth of experience in that area