PICKING A UNIVERSITY
MANY YOUNG ATHLETES ARE CURRENTLY CONSIDERING THEIR FUTURE ACADEMIC PATHS. ROSS MURRAY, AN OLYMPIC SEMIFINALIST AT 1500m, GIVES HIS TIPS
iT’S FAIR to say that at 18, deciding which university you’re going to is the biggest life decision you’ve had to make so far. I know when I was 18, the biggest decision I’d made at that point was whether to declare my undying love for a girl I was 99% sure would reject me. She did in the end. Heartbreak. That’s another story for AW’s love column I’m trying to get started.
Ross Murray: has a 1500m PB of 3:34.76 and made the London 2012 semi-finals
MARK SHEARMAN
For most 18-year-olds, choosing where they’re going to study is a very simple decision. It comes down to:
Going to the academically strongest university you can.
How much a pint is in the students’ union. What the nightlife is like.
Are you still close enough to bring your mam (“mum” if you’re from the south) your washing?
Some people are love-drunk and follow their college girlfriend or boyfriend to university. Don’t do this. Trust me – it only ever ends in tears.
For athlete-students, it’s not as simple as this. There are so many different variables to think about.
You might be thinking: what makes me the best person to advise you on where to go. Here it is: I couldn’t give a flip where you go to university. That’s not me being mean. I’m just completely impartial.
In your life you’re going to have a lot of people in your ear telling you where they think you should go. While it’s good to get people’s opinions, just remember that sometimes people may be intrinsically motivated. In other words, your parents want you to go a local university as they don’t want you to flee the nest or your coach wants you to stay as they don’t want you to leave the group, or perhaps your friends want you at their university because they want to go out and get drunk with you.
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