How hard is it to balance running and academics at a top running Ivy (i.e. Harvard or Princeton) if you are going to be majoring in comp sci and trying to be top 3-5 on xc team (likely running 85+mpw)? Can you balance it OK or do you miss out on too much sleep/recovery and become prone to injury/illness?
How hard is it to balance running and academics at an Ivy?
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Very easy. The Ivies don't allow anyone to fail. They provide much assistance. It ismuch easier than being a student at a P5 school.
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Ivyquestion wrote:
How hard is it to balance running and academics at a top running Ivy (i.e. Harvard or Princeton) if you are going to be majoring in comp sci and trying to be top 3-5 on xc team (likely running 85+mpw)? Can you balance it OK or do you miss out on too much sleep/recovery and become prone to injury/illness?
Should be fine unless you are a relatively slow learner. People who run into trouble are the bio chem-type majors with lots of labs or those who need to study a ton to do well.
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In the USA the top school (including Ivy leagues) are only as hard as you want it to be.
In many other countries the top school will only deliver the hardest, more rigorous courses possible.
In the USA it's flexible, if you want to be really challenged (academically) you can, it will also be possible.
(Except Caltech, MIT, and maybe a few other colleges?)
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Doable. the opportunity cost is your social life and your dating life. bb. which opens the mental health can of worms.
sydney didn't go to one party at Kentucky. it worked for her.
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Kieran Tuntivate might have some insight as he was an Economics major at Harvard and also ran T&F and XC. Has been doing well since graduating as he focuses on his running career.
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