by HJS on Mon May 04, 2020 7:59 am
I hope the Stanford offer is a game changer. Michigan is a tough school to get into if you are from Mass. But, it not terribly difficult if you are from Mich. What that results in is an academic culture that is very different than the private schools (where almost everyone reached some level of high school proficiency). The only State school that has similar private school culture is UVA. The result is that State schools have strong networks within Region. But, that influence wanes as you move away. The chances that any kid with a Power 5 offer is going to make a living in the NFL is still ridiculously small. But, a FB player at Stanford can make an even better living upon graduation with a Stanford diploma (regardless of the NFL).
The parents are smart. The kid is smart. He should go to Stanford. If not Stanford, he should go to Duke, the Ivies or maybe Northwestern. Or, if he wants to raise his family in Boston, he should got to BC. I think Michigan is a mistake. He’d be choosing it for FB (whose present isn’t as good as its past and whose staff is likely to undergo a major change) under the guise of academics (which is a culture that isn’t anywhere near as robust as the research lab rats have inflated).
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