How diverse is America? Way more than most people think!

How diverse is America? Way more than most people think!

This is probably one of the biggest misconceptions about the United States as a country and as a place to live in. Most people from outside of the US still believe to this day that all Americans are cowboys, who eat unhealthy food and who do not know much about the rest of the world. This, however, is far from being the truth and there have been considerable changes to these stereotypes. First of all, the US has always been a country of immigrants and that definitely shows today in terms of diversity. Many different languages are spoken (especially in your bigger cities) and you can find food from all over the world basically anywhere. So the stereotype of having one “typical American” has definitely become more of a myth…
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What does it mean to become “ineligible” as a student-athlete?

What does it mean to become “ineligible” as a student-athlete?

Being “ineligible” is something you should for sure try to avoid at all costs, because it probably means that you have done something wrong or that you were not supposed to do. Now you can become ineligible to compete for your college team in a number of ways, but we will describe the three most common ways in this blog post. The first and arguably the most common way to become ineligible, is because of your academics. This can happen to you both as an incoming freshman coming out of high school or when you are currently enrolled in college. As an incoming freshman, there are two ways to be ineligible. This can be simply because your high school GPA was too low or because you did not complete the…
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