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NEVER give up the running if it's something you love and want to reach your ultimate potential at. Ask yourself, 4+ years down the line, is it really going to make a difference whether or go to Stanford or another slightly less competitive school admissions-wise (but running for them at NCAA level and having a good time?)? CMON...Also, who's to say that academics have to be sacrificed? How bout a D3 school that's elite academically????
There are plenty of substitutes for a Stanford D1 elite school that can give you just as good career opportunities and where you can also be an NCAA runner. How far you go career-wise has much more to do with YOU than it does where you went to school...even though i must admit that it will be easier to get attention from recruiters coming out of the elite schools
Since you got into Stanford, can you get into one of the Ivy? Univ of Chicago? NYU? another solid D1 school? Don't be a jack*ss.
Don't let the chumps get you down, OP. Sure its a lot of work but its also a LOT of fun. Take it from someone who's been there: I wouldn't trade all the drunken excursions and all-nighters in the world for what it means to be on a really good, close knit team.
Foreman wrote:
Or maybe I'm just entertained by this thread. I really am happy for her. And she really did just want everyone to know she got into Stanford. Which is fine with me. I never said it was wrong. It really is a great achievement.
I'm now trying to figure out what your problem is.
You realize this an anonymous message board right? As in noone here knows who she is.... so us knowing "she" got into stanford is really quite irrelevant.
Curly wrote:
Congratulations!
I was in a very similar situation coming into Stanford. Peter Tegen was about to begin his last year of coaching. I wrote him an email asking if he would take me on, and he signed me up for the Stanford XC invitational unattached as a "time trial" of sorts. I was about 1:15 slower than any of the other incoming freshmen at 8k, but I was allowed to run with the team on recovery/training run days. Towards the end of the year I decided I would study physics; ultimately, my academic interests trumped my running ambitions.
There are two things to take away from this experience:
1) You have nothing to lose. At the very least, you will quickly find a group of great friends with similar interests. I still hang out with the guys on the team regularly.
2) Keep your mind open. Track practice every day for 4 hours might not be what you want in a couple of years.
Hope this helps.
Sup Connor...
On the squad wrote:
I wouldn't trade all the drunken excursions and all-nighters in the world for what it means to be on a really good, close knit team.
Hey, wait a minute. Which side of that trade do you not want to be on?
No I do get it. The difference really isn't that great if there is any difference at all. You do realize that you can make challenges for yourself both academically and in sports at just about any reasonably good University and make it very fulfilling, no matter how smart you are. If she absolutely, positively wants to be a top executive at a major corporation or some national leader, then yeah, Stanford or Ivy league schools are nice. And it does help being around other very bright people so that the academic challenges come more naturally. But once she graduates and gets into the working world. All bets are off. And in any case, I'm not talking about just choosing schools. This is just one kind of life decision all adults make where they have an opportunity to do something but they may have to sacrifice something else "important".
errrrrrrrrrrrr wrote:
I don't think you get it. The difference between Stanford (and not running) and some random school and running is FAR GREATER than some slightly better academic school and not running and some random school and running.
I was in the position of Duke and not running or a local state school and running.
Most people CANNOT say they have been in such a tough decision because frankly speaking, most people do not get into Stanford or other comparable schools.