Today’s Quiz: Ivy League Household Income
Question: What was the median family income of Yale College students in 2016? (This is presumably similar for most Ivy League schools.) Answer: $193,000
Videos – One Critique
One of the most effective ways we all learn is by watching others and their mistakes. Here’s an email I wrote recently to a high school senior. Overall, he’s a solid, likable kid from a good family. Like a lot of kids (and families), in this case he’s beating himself. The recruiting process is tough […]
Stat of the Day: Women’s Basketball Transfers
The transfer rate for women’s D1 basketball is up 33% over a ten year period. In 2003 the rate was 6.8%. In 2013 it was 9.2%. Those numbers are still about 1/4 of the men’s numbers. As with many other parts of the game, the women’s game seems to be following the men’s. […]
Overwhelmed by the Recruiting Process? Put Education First.
I returned recently from a major east coast summer basketball camp where I had a lengthy discussion about the recruiting process with the mother of a talented junior. Her son is a good student who already holds offers from D1 schools, none of them big-time. A single mom with two kids who never went to college and never played sports, she told me […]
Quote of the Day: Reapplying for College Financial Aid
I didn’t know you have to reapply for financial aid every year. – This from a mother whose son received about $20,000 of financial aid last year as a college freshman and had a very good academic and athletic experience. Now, this high school principal with a master’s degree is scrambling to convince the […]
Quote of the Day – Steve Kerr on AAU Problems
Even if today’s players are incredibly gifted, they grow up in a basketball environment that can only be called counterproductive. AAU basketball has replaced high school ball as the dominant form of development in the teen years. I coached my son’s AAU team for three years; it’s a genuinely weird subculture. Like everywhere else, you […]
Today’s Quiz: Men’s D1 Basketball Transfer %
Question: What % of all men’s basketball players who enter Division I directly out of high school depart their initial school by the end of their sophomore year? Answer: 40% Here’s the link to the complete article on the NCAA website. http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/research/tracking-transfer-division-i-men-s-basketball
Quote of the Day – Teen Self-Restraint
Exercising self-restraint in today’s teen culture is downright un-American. Teens are immersed in a popular culture that preaches that self-control is the one remaining sin in a world which has otherwise been washed free of guilt and responsibility. – Dr. Leonard Sax in his book, The Collapse of Parenting.
Quote of the Day – Paying for Harvard
90% of American families would pay the same or less to send their child to Harvard as they would a state school, and 20% of our students’ families pay nothing. – Harvard University Website
Quote of the Day – Recruiting Mistakes
I feel like everybody makes a few mistakes in life and I learned a huge lesson in recruiting and a huge lesson in life. One of the top golfing recruits in the country talking about not knowing how to handle his recruitment. He transferred from one college to another just one month into his freshman year. […]