Academics                                         

Many high school student athletes dream of becoming the next Michael Jordan, Lebron James or Reggie Bush.  While dreams are an important part of life and even contribute toward individual goal setting, statistics show that fewer than one-tenth of one percent of high school athletes will ever make it even close to this level.   

The fact is that for even the very best athletes, the importance of a good college education is of the utmost importance.  If a college education can permit a student to participate in high level sports for another four years, and perhaps even contribute to the overall cost of that education, then so much the better!   So for most families it is a college education that should be the overriding factor in determining your child’s choice for his or her higher education.  For the talented student athlete, sport is certainly a key consideration as well.  When the two meet, everybody wins – the student, the parents, and the college. 

College GAMEplan helps you target the most appropriate schools for your student's academic, athletic and financial needs.  However, it is important to understand that this entire process always starts with academics.  To maximize opportunities for various forms of financial aid or scholarships, it also helps to create your own leverage.  Quite simply, the higher your child’s academic scores, the more leverage and choices he or she will have to choose from.  That’s not to say, that students who are less academically gifted cannot play sports in college – in many cases they can – but their college choices will likely be significantly more limited.  And that can make the process of finding colleges that they can play at, even more challenging. 

So how do you plan to improve your child’s grades?  How do you get a teenage student to listen and “buy-in” to the concept?  It starts early and it starts with both the parents and student establishing their own priorities and goals.  It starts by  developing a College GAMEplan.  Believe it or not, the earlier you begin your college planning process, and the more you know about the process and resources available to you, the more and better choices you will have, and the more tuition assistance you will likely be offered.

So Subscribe to College GAMEplan today and start your own College GAMEplan, or contact College GAMEplan about hiring us to conduct your GAMEplan on your behalf (click here for more information).  We’ll guide you every step of the way with our unique and personalized, monthly newsletters that tell you exactly what to do and when to do it.  College GAMEplan even provides you with the templates to use, as well as spreadsheets and ratings charts to help you make the most logical and best educated college decisions.  Set your own goals, then monitor those goals each month of your child’s high school career.  For less than 60c per week, and only a few minutes of your time each month, can you really afford not to?