[Goose]

I think for a kid who is going to college mainly to play sports, the time he has to spend on academics at Stanford might take a lot of the "fun" out of going to college for him. I remember when my son played at Air Force, the time he had to spend on sports and academics left him without a lot of time for anything else. My wife told him to take some easy courses during football season. He said "Mom, there are no easy courses at Air Force".
When I was at Stanford there were some easy courses. Wonder if that still is the case.

I am sure there are some "easy" courses at Stanford, as I am sure there are some at Air Force. The problem is that if you want to complete your major and graduate at either of these places, the number of easy courses you can take is very limited. A "one and done" doesn't care about that, so I don't see how academics could be the issue. I think the real problem is that if you are a "one and done" you really want to be a "zero and gone". There is no real reason for you to be in school. It may just take you a year to figure out that is the case.

[Goose]

I think for a kid who is going to college mainly to play sports, the time he has to spend on academics at Stanford might take a lot of the "fun" out of going to college for him. I remember when my son played at Air Force, the time he had to spend on sports and academics left him without a lot of time for anything else. My wife told him to take some easy courses during football season. He said "Mom, there are no easy courses at Air Force".
When I was at Stanford there were some easy courses. Wonder if that still is the case.

I am sure there are some "easy" courses at Stanford, as I am sure there are some at Air Force. The problem is that if you want to complete your major and graduate at either of these places, the number of easy courses you can take is very limited. A "one and done" doesn't care about that, so I don't see how academics could be the issue. I think the real problem is that if you are a "one and done" you really want to be a "zero and gone". There is no real reason for you to be in school. It may just take you a year to figure out that is the case.