Yeah, I can relate to some of this post. I have the same type of problem, only mine is a Level 8, trains 6 days a week and just started middle school. (Totals about 25 hrs a week) Saturday is her only off day. we're lucky that our school system decided to make staggered schedules for schools, so that their limited school budgets could handle having less school buses. It meant that our school started and ended earlier than others, and the gym's schedule had to accommodate the later schools, to catch all the girls. Well, both our gym and our school are not that far. Their both the same distances, and about a 10 minute drive. So, for now, She walks through the door at 2:15, relaxes and has a few minutes of downtime, eats a snack/mini-supper to hold her over for after gym (practice runs from 3:15-7:30 or 3:45-8 every weeknight). I'm lucky that she's been working very efficiently at school, and finishes a lot of her homework there. But she'll come home exhausted after over 4 hrs at the gym, that by Weds, she's not up to doing any homework. I really have to sit down and help her get through it, or nag at her to stay awake. She comes home, still has to eat dinner, and sometimes doesn't start homework til 8:45. She's only in 6th grade, so the level of homework isn't super bad, but its more than it has been doing lower levels of gym and less homework in ES, and she's also getting used to accelerated/honors classes. Her challenge is the mastering difficulty of skills at the gym, when she's exhausted. She sometimes gets her homework done by 10, other times 11 at night, and gets only 7 hrs of sleep when she's lucky. I've seen the schedules at other gyms around our area, and they're not really any better. Another gym is right next to her school offering longer schedules less days, and others have same amt of days, less hours but on the other side of town. No thanks. I'm spoiled having a highly-reputed elite gym less than 4 miles from the house. We started there back when she was 7 and doing recreational stuff, and they saw potential and moved her into competition. I really wasn't into it in the beginning, but I've come to realize its a good thing and have been learning each year how to balance our lives around it. She's elevated quickly through the levels, and skipped one to get to Lev 8. So far, she's still maintaining straight As in her classes and the coaches say she's doing great at gym, so it's working out. We'll see as meet season approaches, on how she'll do against everyone else. She's happy, and having fun. Everytime I hear her say she's tired, I ask if she's still having fun, and ask if she wants to quit. She adamantly says NO, and is more than ever determined to make it all work out. I always let her know she's free to stop, and that I'm not forcing her to do any of this, but she's self-motivated to do it. I'm glad. She's self-driven, and knows what she needs to do, sets high goals for herself (all on her own, I can't even pronounce the skills she wants to get) and sometimes only does the minimum level at school to keep up with gym, but it still gets her the A, and she's doing better than 90% of the school, so I'm OK with it. I do see other kids who brag to her on how they did extra for their school projects and got the Aplus, but she's not swayed by it. She's more motivated to do better than them in gym, getting the extra skill, getting the higher score. She just saw her gymmates get full rides to two top universities with great gymnastic teams, and that helps too. She has good role models to follow and knows its possible, and asks if she can go too. I told her it was up to her, but that the coach has told me she has the potential. So, you give them the freedom and the choices to do what they want, and hopefully if they're as motivated and focused as mine is, your daughter will be fine. She'll find the way to make it work.