summer school start of freshman year

Yup... It was mandatory at OSU for ALL incoming Freshmen... Kid went for the entire month of July this year... Got 6 credits, hung out with all his teammates, worked out everyday... said it was great.

Bolts-Coach-PR posted:

Yup... It was mandatory at OSU for ALL incoming Freshmen... Kid went for the entire month of July this year... Got 6 credits, hung out with all his teammates, worked out everyday... said it was great.

Same with George Washington.

Wasn't required at LSU, but son did it and was a great experience. He also got 6 additional hours the summer between freshman and sophomore year due to injury. Those 12 "extra" hours are gonna come in handy once spring starts. By banking those hours, he will have lots of flexibility in his schedule. 

What about summer ball?

rbiandstrikes posted:

I was just curious if in your experiences it is common place that programs request/require their upcoming freshman baseball players to attend summer school?  Some of my son's travel teammates have already been told by their programs that it is preferred and that the preference is regardless of what their GPA is or how many college credits they'll start school with.  

My son hasn't asked the recruiting coach, but his college actually starts summer school 2 weeks before he even gets out of high school  :  

Schools "round here" (Texas public) have two summer sessions.  One starts end of May, the other July.  Roughly 8 week sessions.  You may take a look at the schedules.

Baseball or not, a couple credits in the summer can help a lot.

Attended Summer Session II.  Loved it.  Really helps when Fall starts and they are already very familiar with the campus. 

Son attended summer school at Clemson and got ahead with 2 credits, worked out everyday and built relationships with the incoming freshmen. He was not going to play much summer ball and it was totally covered by Clemson, so that was $13k saved.

My guy attended at IU. Went from day after 7-4 till mid 8. IMO the main thing in doing this is all the new/first time is gone when the other 40,000 show up. My guy played summer ball right up to the sat. before he had to report for school. In all honesty he was ready to leave and get started. 

Shoveit4Ks posted:

Son attended summer school at Clemson and got ahead with 2 credits, worked out everyday and built relationships with the incoming freshmen. He was not going to play much summer ball and it was totally covered by Clemson, so that was $13k saved.

Yup, same here... They covered everything.

Same at Mississippi State. Got 6 hrs Summer before Freshman year. Got 3 hours Summer before Sophomore year. Nine hours out of the way plus good GPA boost. Encourage your sons to go. Many advantages

Sounds like it may be a good idea even if the school doesnt mandate that you attend the summer session. It was not required of the older sons school, but I can see where it would have a lot of merit.

I think a big part of it for Clemson was the workouts and frankly, knowing where their recruits were and having them live in campus housing under school rules.

thanks everybody for the great input as always !  The school is supposed to have the recruits come and visit over the winter, so I'm assuming that's when they'll go over expectations.  I DO think getting to college early, getting acclimated and "bonding" is really a great idea!

GO44DAD I did go back and look, not sure at all how I missed it, but there is more than 1 session here too : ) thankfully...

Mines going to do it. School pays, you get on campus and a chance to get acclimated before everybody arrives in the fall, chance to get to know coaches and teammates, it's a no brainer. Plus with the credits you don't have to take a extra full workload come fall. Nebraska didn't insist but they said you can see a big difference between the kids who do it and those who don't.

Coaches these days now prefer that freshman take summer school classes and train.  It's also a way for them to begin to learn expectations, get to know staff  (though they may not work under coaches supervision).  

Another reason, very big one too, they need their players to graduate on time.  4 years, unless they get drafted after 3 years.  Every credit helps them closer to that goal.