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Message: [QUOTE="bags27, post: 1993816, member: 6761"] Great point, UcMiami [I'm responding to your previous post, not the one directly above]. I take it completely. Who your peers are plays a huge role in your academic success. The big secret (that everyone knows) about Harvard is that it usually ranked pretty low in terms of undergraduate teaching, but, of course, its alums excel. The formula: take really smart kids and let them talk to one another for 4 years. I think I was drifting in 2 different, not entirely cogent or consistent directions, so let me clarify. 1. My first set of posts was in response to someone who wanted to play D-1 at the highest (non-UConn) level, and I was saying that the very top schools academically shouldn't be the only group to consider. Bigbird, directly above, is responding to that as well. 2. In response to your post, I was wondering why even confine one's consideration narrowly to the most competitive D-1 schools. I think Coco's point (that, alas, is only too true) is that if you're intent on playing in the most competitive programs, [I]most of the time[/I] you are inherently limiting your academic and social choices. So, I was trying to get myself out of that trap by suggesting greater flexibility, not only in potential colleges but in basketball aspirations. Actually, I had in mind some very fine small D-3 schools, where many students are walk-on athletes and the culture is very different. (Of course, they don't give athletic scholarships....). EO Smith is an awesome HS, from all I understand. Half the kids graduate with a couple of years of college credit earned at UConn. [/QUOTE]

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