Better to have a plan for the off-ramp than to just come to a schreeching halt. Does your son want to play soccer past high school? If so, there are many options to do so, not just the school team. Many colleges have club teams as well.Good point on the conditioning concern. Maybe track and field in spring and cross country in fall will help. But again maybe none of these so he can focus on academics and other passion projects.
It’s a little sad that I’m thinking about an exit strategy. My son’s self identify is wrapped around being a soccer player in a top league. It wont be easy to quit when that time comes.
How does college admission score being on an average ecnl/ pay to play MLS next HD team vs working at McDonald’s?
Yes you are completely right. We need to all enjoy the moment. In this sport, being a 95th percentile player gets you nowhere. You either up your level to 99.9 percentile or walk away.Better to have a plan for the off-ramp than to just come to a schreeching halt. Does your son want to play soccer past high school? If so, there are many options to do so, not just the school team. Many colleges have club teams as well.
In any case, enjoying the moments is critical. We all have to trade our passions for the real world at some point.
My company hires a lot of college graduates and those with real-world job experience tend to stand out. Those who had a cush summer job at their fathers company handed to them don't do to well.The difference is it's a real job you can get fired from it if you don't do well and show up on time, which given where the Zers are, it's what they are looking at. The fake charity is literally just that, a fake charity your parents throw money at or you organize your friends to do. the UCs, CalStates and Ivies do take hardship into account. In fact one of the UC prompts is the hardship prompt where you can complain about being poor, being discriminated against, being learning disabled, etc. But no one is going to sit there for an extracurricular on an application the reader spends 5 minutes on to try to figure out if the particular extracurricular was needed to make ends meet, get tuition money, buy a car, because your parents thought it would be good for you, or because you want it for your application. The assumption with the fake charities was, especially when the private schools began to mandate service hours, everyone was being forced to do it.
Well... Does the HS Coach also coach Club? And is his/her club team highly represented in the HS? I think there are most likely a lot of HS coaches who would be fine with kids quitting club if they are good players if they don't already coach them - but it also depends on the CIF designation and how competitive the program is overall.Do high school coaches care if you quit club after you had joined the high school team? Let’s say my kid made the team as an ecnl player freshman year and then he quit ecnl to get a job at Macdonald.
It does depend on the school ultimately, but I think most HS teams will keep the former club kid around for the duration. His/her skills don't die off that quickly. This assumes everything else remains equal: attitude, team player, work ethic. I don't see many schools simply cutting a kid out of spiteDo high school coaches care if you quit club after you had joined the high school team? Let’s say my kid made the team as an ecnl player freshman year and then he quit ecnl to get a job at Macdonald.
