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9 Ways to Improve Your Chances of Playing College Baseball-Part 1

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Here are nine things that you can do that will improve your chances of playing college baseball. These aren’t about improving specific baseball skills, although that may happen. It’s about giving you the edge over another player who has the exact same stats and ability ratings as you do. In other words, these suggestions aren’t … Read more

3 Cheapest Colleges by Graduation Rates

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Graduation caps and roll of money representing 3 cheapest colleges by graduation rates

(Skip to the end to see the list of top three college by graduation rates.) When trying to identify the cheapest colleges (or most affordable or hidden bargains or whatever your preferred terminology happens to be) it’s probably a good idea to keep in mind the saying, “you get what you pay for.” Unfortunately, too … Read more

What High School Baseball Players Need to Worry About to be Recruited by Colleges

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high school baseball player not worrying about how to get recruited to play college baseball

It seems that weekly, if not daily, you’ll come across another story about how today’s generation has been coddled with self-esteem trophies since their first little league game and have been told that their clay pots are special no matter how lumpy and cracked. This has an especially insidious strain in high school sports that … Read more

Top 3 Cheapest Colleges by Acceptance Rates

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Female graduate student holding diploma representing cheapest colleges by acceptance rates

(See list of cheapest colleges by acceptance rates at end of post.) Budget, affordable, bargain, best value are all different ways at getting at what are the cheapest colleges in the United States? There are multiple options you can use as the number to rank colleges to determine which is the most affordable. More on … Read more

9 Steps to Figure Out Your Chances of Getting a College Athletic Scholarship

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Student in front of chalkboard with equations representing how to estimate odds of an athletic scholarship

It would be nice if there was a formula somewhere that high school players could use to calculate their odds of getting an athletic scholarship. All they would have to do is to enter their stats, maybe their high school or club teams, and the formula would tell them their chances and even indicate how … Read more