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YCBK 290: Hillary Dickman explains how Early Decision 1 differs from ED2
YCBK 290: Hillary Dickman explains how Early Decision 1 differs from ED2Interview 126: Gus Resendiz on “Avoiding the potholes in athletic recruiting”
- Gus gives his backstory, including his time in college, his time in law school and his time as an attorney
- Gus explains how all three of his kids went through the athletic recruitment process
- Gus describes how scholarships work, and he says what a “head count” sport is
- Gus explains what stacking is and Mark and Gus talk about how frequently this happens
- Gus and Mark discuss over-recruiting
- Mark and Gus discuss the “D-1 or bust mindset”
- Gus talks about how prevalent injuries are and Mark shares a heart wrenching story about his daughter’s grueling injury
- Gus talks about his own athletic experience in high school
- Mark talks about the importance of test scores for athletes targeting very academic D3 and D1 schools
- Gus talks about the priorities his family had in their search
- Mark talks about who is driving the process
- We talk about checking the ego at the door
- We talks about all of the ID camps out there and the pitfalls to avoid
- We talk about preferred walk-ons
- We talk about all of the positive aspects of playing college sports
- We talk about the broken leg test
