A great school for your kid is a place where they can succeed The schools you mentioned are academically demanding in addition to a rigorous schedule for a d1 athlete Not an easy task at most schools. If your kid does not belong academically and only gets in because of being a great athlete then the rest of there life will just be trying to do enough to get by Very few kids will get a pass from their coach if they struggle academically A c student at an ivy is still just a c student when trying to get a job Easy to google what Colgate faculty thinks of student athletes and it is not very positive
