Soccer Games and College Admission

Soccer Games and College Admission March 12 We do not attend soccer games and we do not serve biscuits. The biscuits bit might be random to anyone who is not a regular reader of our college admissions blog. Deal with it. A parent recently asked us during a free consultation if we would attend his childs soccer game. We were taken aback by this request. You want us to go to your daughters soccer game? May we ask why? He replied, Because how else will you know how good of a soccer player my daughter is? Our answer?: Well know how good of a soccer player your daughter is by helping you reach out to college coaches and gauging their interest. If your daughter does not garner their interest, that tells us that your daughter isnt good enough to play at those schools. Its an excellent barometer and we dont even have to travel to your daughters soccer games and eat dinner afterwards at Chuck E. Cheese. Ok, we didnt say all that. But we definitely thought it. Does Chuck E. Cheese even exist anymore? Were not sure. Probably. If theres anything in this world that we know for sure, its that there are some crazy parents out there. Why on earth would we want to go to his daughters soccer games? Of course, when this parent heard our fees, he balked, leading us to believe that he had intentions of us attending his daughters soccer games for free. Do you think he would have even supplied pizza after the game? Likely not. As though  going to high school soccer games is  how we want to be spending our afternoons? Attending the random soccer games of some student who may or may not be any good at soccer? Oy vey is right. We hear a lot of crazy things from parents but this one really made us scratch our heads. Have you heard any crazy stories from parents of high schoolers going through the admissions process of late? Were curious to hear your wacky stories. So spill! Oh, and as for the picture on this post, its young women playing soccer way back when. Naturally. Its all we could find. Deal with it.