Don't you think the advice should be to find a school where you can achieve your academic goals?My advice to high schoolers in that process is find the best school where you believe you'll be a key part of the team's success.
Don't you think the advice should be to find a school where you can achieve your academic goals?My advice to high schoolers in that process is find the best school where you believe you'll be a key part of the team's success.
My advice to high schoolers in that process is find the best school where you believe you'll be a key part of the team's success.
I think that could be slightly different in a sport where you are preparing for a lucrative pro career after college. But right now that isn't a big focus of college softball players.
I can't agree more. What are going to do with that degree once college softball is over? There is nothing after that unless you go overseas and then you a rolling the dices.Don't you think the advice should be to find a school where you can achieve your academic goals?
This isn't necessarily directed at you Vertigo as I have seen and heard this piece of advice countless times on this forum and elsewhere. Maybe I am just a contrarian but I totally disagree.My advice would be find a school that has your major of interest
This isn't necessarily directed at you Vertigo as I have seen and heard this piece of advice countless times on this forum and elsewhere. Maybe I am just a contrarian but I totally disagree.
Most kids are making this decision at 16 or 17 years old and started building their colleges lists a couple of years before that. The idea of placing so much emphasis on first expecting them to know what they want to major in at that point and then basing their college decision on that seems foolhardy to me. I'm not saying it shouldn't be a consideration but just like I advise kids to choose a school they would still want to attend if they no longer played a sport I also advise them to consider whether they would still want to go to that school if they changed their major. Personally I was 100% convinced I knew what I wanted to major in and pursue as a career, 3 majors later I wound up in a completely different field.
100 percent agree with this. DD was completely clueless about her life goals as we approached the key years of her recruiting journey.
This isn't necessarily directed at you Vertigo as I have seen and heard this piece of advice countless times on this forum and elsewhere. Maybe I am just a contrarian but I totally disagree.
Most kids are making this decision at 16 or 17 years old and started building their colleges lists a couple of years before that. The idea of placing so much emphasis on first expecting them to know what they want to major in at that point and then basing their college decision on that seems foolhardy to me. I'm not saying it shouldn't be a consideration but just like I advise kids to choose a school they would still want to attend if they no longer played a sport I also advise them to consider whether they would still want to go to that school if they changed their major. Personally I was 100% convinced I knew what I wanted to major in and pursue as a career, 3 majors later I wound up in a completely different field.
The other issue is some colleges require students to apply to a certain “school” within the college, so having a general idea of what one might want to study might be needed. It can be difficult to transfer between these “schools” at some colleges.For all the kids who have no idea what they want to do or major in, there is also a large group that does. They have a calling to be nurses, teachers, engineers, etc. These are the kids I’m referring to. If they know for a fact (and many of them do) that this is the career they want after college - then they need to find the school and softball program that will allow them to do both (if they want to graduate on time and start working in their field immediately).
Sure, you can become a nursing major after you obtain that initial bachelor’s degree in business, but then you still will have the cost of a second degree.
If they have no clue what they want, then most college choices would be fine, as most have a variety of the common majors.
If it wasn’t something to consider, why does every college coach ask what the potential recruit wants to major in? Every coach I had talked to as a recruiting coordinator asked that question. If it were certain majors that a kid was interested, I’ve heard, “Then we’re not the school for them,” even if the school had that major.
This thread is as good a spot as any....For all the kids who have no idea what they want to do or major in, there is also a large group that does. They have a calling to be nurses, teachers, engineers, etc. These are the kids I’m referring to. If they know for a fact (and many of them do) that this is the career they want after college - then they need to find the school and softball program that will allow them to do both (if they want to graduate on time and start working in their field immediately).
Sure, you can become a nursing major after you obtain that initial bachelor’s degree in business, but then you still will have the cost of a second degree.
If they have no clue what they want, then most college choices would be fine, as most have a variety of the common majors.
If it wasn’t something to consider, why does every college coach ask what the potential recruit wants to major in? Every coach I had talked to as a recruiting coordinator asked that question. If it were certain majors that a kid was interested, I’ve heard, “Then we’re not the school for them,” even if the school had that major.
Good read!For all the kids who have no idea what they want to do or major in, there is also a large group that does. They have a calling to be nurses, teachers, engineers, etc. These are the kids I’m referring to. If they know for a fact (and many of them do) that this is the career they want after college - then they need to find the school and softball program that will allow them to do both (if they want to graduate on time and start working in their field immediately).
Sure, you can become a nursing major after you obtain that initial bachelor’s degree in business, but then you still will have the cost of a second degree.
If they have no clue what they want, then most college choices would be fine, as most have a variety of the common majors.
If it wasn’t something to consider, why does every college coach ask what the potential recruit wants to major in? Every coach I had talked to as a recruiting coordinator asked that question. If it were certain majors that a kid was interested, I’ve heard, “Then we’re not the school for them,” even if the school had that major.