Comments on: My Life As…A Student Athlete http://collegecandy.com/2010/07/30/my-life-as-a-student-athlete/ Advice on student style, collegiate dating discussion guides, relationship advice and women's studies. Sat, 26 May 2012 14:05:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: College Teams Search for Loopholes in Title IX : College Candy http://collegecandy.com/2010/07/30/my-life-as-a-student-athlete/#comment-130034 Tue, 26 Apr 2011 16:01:43 +0000 http://collegecandy.com/?p=68318#comment-130034 [...] all agree that college sports are a big deal. Whether it be March Madness or school rivalries or outstanding athletes, college sports are definitely worth commending. (And that includes women’s sports!) But [...]

]]> By: Should Student Athletes Share in the Profits? – The Fulldorm Post http://collegecandy.com/2010/07/30/my-life-as-a-student-athlete/#comment-126315 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 23:02:05 +0000 http://collegecandy.com/?p=68318#comment-126315 [...] that being a student athlete is a full time job. (CollegeCandy reader and student athlete, Chelsea, agrees.) Rigorous training schedules, practices, and games take up the majority of these students’ time, [...]

]]> By: Should Student Athletes Share in the Profits? : College Candy http://collegecandy.com/2010/07/30/my-life-as-a-student-athlete/#comment-125487 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:00:30 +0000 http://collegecandy.com/?p=68318#comment-125487 [...] that being a student athlete is a full time job. (CollegeCandy reader and student athlete, Chelsea, agrees.) Rigorous training schedules, practices, and games take up the majority of these students’ [...]

]]> By: pinkgorilla http://collegecandy.com/2010/07/30/my-life-as-a-student-athlete/#comment-116268 Tue, 28 Dec 2010 18:11:45 +0000 http://collegecandy.com/?p=68318#comment-116268 This is a great post and also one very close to my heart. My son, 13 is also a student athlete. What was mentioned in the post is exactly what he's doing. His life is scheduled for him from 6am to 10pm. There's no free play of his time. 6.30-8.30am training, 9am- 3pm school, 4-6pm training, 6.30-8pm dinner and recreation time, 8-10pm self study time (enforced). He has to burn the mid-night oil sometime till 11 or midnight if there's module tests or if there's just too much homework.

As a parent, My heart aches and wonder why he wants to take the road less travelled. But I'm so proud of his determination and passion despite the all the regimentation he has to go thru'. He loves living in the school boarding. He gets to train, study and play with his sports friends and academic friends. The school has a full sports science centre to support to take care of their physical and nutritional needs. Make up classes are arranged for the student athletes when the travel overseas for competition and miss lessons.

My son is also in the soccer academy. He's a student athlete in the Singapore Sports School.

]]> By: Emm http://collegecandy.com/2010/07/30/my-life-as-a-student-athlete/#comment-112450 Fri, 03 Dec 2010 21:26:28 +0000 http://collegecandy.com/?p=68318#comment-112450 I'm Australian and it's because of this I took a scholarship in the states – I get the academic advancement, but I get it by playing Division 1 volleyball. It's been a great experience, and I really wish that we had this in Australia. Unfortunately, it would be so difficult to even start something remotely similar because we simply do not have the numbers: enough people, money, and colleges close enough to make travel a financially viable option. One day…

]]> By: My Life As…A Student at a Historically Black College : College Candy http://collegecandy.com/2010/07/30/my-life-as-a-student-athlete/#comment-112430 Fri, 03 Dec 2010 20:01:31 +0000 http://collegecandy.com/?p=68318#comment-112430 [...] what it’s like for other girls? What it’s like to be an online student? To get married?! To play an NCAA sport? Well wonder no more. Our one-of-a-kind CollegeCandy writers (and readers!) are sharing their unique [...]

]]> By: My Life As…A Commuter Student : College Candy http://collegecandy.com/2010/07/30/my-life-as-a-student-athlete/#comment-103704 Fri, 15 Oct 2010 21:32:59 +0000 http://collegecandy.com/?p=68318#comment-103704 [...] what it’s like for other girls? What it’s like to be an online student? To get married?! To play an NCAA sport? Well wonder no more. Our one-of-a-kind CollegeCandy writers (and readers!) are sharing their unique [...]

]]> By: jaime http://collegecandy.com/2010/07/30/my-life-as-a-student-athlete/#comment-93640 Sat, 21 Aug 2010 17:23:32 +0000 http://collegecandy.com/?p=68318#comment-93640 this is a great post. way to represent the student-athletes and show our hard work in a different light. people often don’t realize how much we have on our plate-i play golf in college…trying to balance friends, my sport, school, writing for my student newspaper and possibly rushing is NOT easy. but like you, i wouldn’t change it for the world. i promised myself that i’d do everything i wanted to in college, even if that means getting no sleep! thanks for

]]> By: My Life As…An Online College Student : College Candy http://collegecandy.com/2010/07/30/my-life-as-a-student-athlete/#comment-93635 Sat, 21 Aug 2010 17:01:24 +0000 http://collegecandy.com/?p=68318#comment-93635 [...] wondered what it’s like for other girls? What it’s like to be an engineer? To get married?! To play an NCAA sport? Well wonder no more. Our one-of-a-kind CollegeCandy writers (and readers!) are sharing their unique [...]

]]> By: Chandler http://collegecandy.com/2010/07/30/my-life-as-a-student-athlete/#comment-93123 Wed, 18 Aug 2010 21:15:02 +0000 http://collegecandy.com/?p=68318#comment-93123 That was a great great post! As a senior in high school who also plans to play soccer in college, I totally identify with this. Pretty much every aspect you described, even the bad stuff, I want. I love the grit that preseason training takes, I love pushing myself and my teammates harder, everything. This post just made me want it more. It was awesome to see someone with the same ideals as me playing the same sport, living out my dream!

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