Perhaps the schools know what they are doing, but do the kids? Bucknell has a fantastic reputation, and many different academic opportunities, but does a 9th grader really know at this point what they want to do in life, what major they would want to pursue, what type of school they want to attend. Most seniors are unsure of these questions.
I wish all these kids the best of luck and hope it works out for them, but I fear that over the next 10 yeasr, there will be many bad choices made for the wrong reason.
The best advice my oldest son ever got from a coach was to not choose his school because of the lax program, but becasue the school was right for him.
You're assuming he is a 14 yr old. He may be, or he may be a older (and hopefully wiser).
