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A good NCAA gymnast can have D skills but be extremely clean. Elite gymnast need to have multiple E skills. Elites when they become college gymnast water down their skills and try to clean up their routines

Junior A and some of Junior B. Check out the SEC, when there gymnast hit level 10. Not all level 10 get scholarship. Alot of Senior C and D do not have scholaarships.

level 10 age My dd who is a college gymnast reached level 10 when she was 10. Most of her current teammates reached level 10 when they were 11 or 12.

Your child should have multile E skills on every event if your considerng Olympics, just having the skills to go elite does not make you competive. 1 E skill stay at 10 and go the college route

elite or not If you have Olympic talent go elite. If not stay 10 to get a NCAA scholarship and not destroy your body before college.

meets We have to fly to the meets we go to. We make about 7 a year. College gymnastics is so much more fun than club gym. At our school all the parents sit together, either at home or away. The 1st and last meet (senior night) are ussually special and any team that the school has a big rivalry...

college no cars, no travel . the scholarship consist of tuition, books, room and board, and athletic clothing. some schools offered the 5th year some did not, same with summer school.

college My daughers gymnastic scholarship is for 5 years and covers summer school, so they do not need to take as heavy load of classes. They allows them plenty of time for studying and doing gym.

college My dd is on a scholarship at a SEC school. She competed her first level 10 nationals at age 11 and won several national titles. Of the girls who made nationals in her age group in her younger years only about 25% went on to college gymnastics, the rest faded away, whether from injury...