> Truman students are high-achieving in high school, and they get to college and they can no longer compete with everyone here, and they get depressed.<p>This is life, at some point it is thrust into your face that there are always other people who do what you do, and do it better.<p>Participation in competitive sports can be a good way to learn to deal with this at an earlier age. Every level, from youth to junior high to JV to Varsity to college/minor and ultimately pro has a talent filter. You can be good on your middle school team and then in high school find that you don't make the Varsity cut.