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1.)Ivy League athletic programs compete in D1 2.)Ivies can not offer any merit based scholarships. There are not athletic or academic scholarships at these schools.

Stanford is a great university but it is not an Ivy. As a result they can (and do) offer athletic merit scholarships.

In the US Physician licensure is on a state by state basis with some exceptions for federal facilities (like VAMC, IHS, etc) where any state license can be used. Some states do grant temporary licenses, volunteer licenses, and or camp licenses and it is possible that Nassar had something like...

Our elder gymnastic child did L9 years ago (so the rules may have changed but when she did it) but I'm pretty sure there was compositional deduction for routines which didn't go both backwards and frontwards/sideways. She has included side aerials and front tucks in various L10 beam routines...

I am also a mom who has been known to work twelve hour Saturday (and or Sunday) shifts. [I'm an EM Physician, perhaps your wife is as well---if so, and if some of her reluctance for gymnastics stems from seeing so many misadventures of childhood in the ED and she would like to talk to someone...

You seriously spend four or five hours in the car every day just going back and forth to gymnastics? I/We just wouldn't be able to make that work.

Cornell is an Ivy and doesn't give any scholarships (academic or athletic). They only do need based aid so it isn't possible that he had a scholarship to Cornell.

For PTSD, I would look for a therapist trained/certified in TF-CBT.

Good Luck to Sophia at regionals (and nationals)!

At our gym this would be decided on a case by case basis. Our HC would likely consider the rationale behind the competition break, their perspective on whether it was likely to be beneficial to the child (both overall and in a gymnastics progression sense) along with any other extenuating...

Your per diem is very low and session fees also seem low. They are lower than what our gym offers for coaches who are eligible for them. Our HC is fully salaried so when he attends meets he doesn't get additional money for the meets but does get his travel expenses reimbursed along with daily...

I'll join. Our younger gymnastic child is a 2009 baby who just turned 5 earlier this month. She hasn't moved to the developmental program yet and is still playing in the preschool gym. Currently our plan is to let her keep playing for the next six months and re-evaluate when summer comes...

Truly, my husband is probably more suited to being a good gym dad than I am to being a good gym mom. After all, he was the one who used his great litigator skills to help his baby sister plead her case to their mother for why she should be allowed to take gymnastics classes, move to team, etc...

Obviously, her physician is the best source for a good diagnosis. Some things to think about and perhaps discuss with her physician might be: -Are the fractures associated with falls/bad landings and essentially "explained" or are they more questionable or overuse/stress fractures? Admittedly...

You are completely correct that with the Ivy league schools there is no merit money [for athletics, or academics, or any combination of the above]. Everything is need based so if the student is accepted then the school will meet their needs [or at least what the institution deems their needs]...