Commiting to CNU

[Anonymous]

What's not to like? Top 25 D3 program (made NCAAs last year), B+ school (per Niche), great facilities, beautiful campus, generous financial aid, well respected coach (UMD Lax grad), in state for VA, strong alumni network, close enough to watch play, Under Armor swag...appeals to "D3 by choice" athletes with recruits from top lax high schools...

[Anonymous]

I would base the decision on what academic program she is most interested in.

[Anonymous]

Not a fan of their head coach

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not a fan of their head coach

Because?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What's not to like? Top 25 D3 program (made NCAAs last year), B+ school (per Niche), great facilities, beautiful campus, generous financial aid, well respected coach (UMD Lax grad), in state for VA, strong alumni network, close enough to watch play, Under Armor swag...appeals to "D3 by choice" athletes with recruits from top lax high schools...

This is a good post; congrats to your daughter for earning this impressive opportunity to play college lax at a good school. One thing to look at is the academic majors and how they align with your daughter's interests, as well as what other offers she may receive, of course. For what it's worth, there Education Department is very strong and they produce a lot of great teachers.

I would ignore some of the elitist responses from those that believe there are only 25 or so worthy lax programs, or Ivy League and NESCAC schools. Bigger landscape out there that can provide good outcomes. It should be about the right fit.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for all the help and dad decided to commit there!

[Anonymous]

DD*

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thanks for all the help and dd decided to commit there!

Congrats!!

[Anonymous]

Congratulations my DD is happy there.

[Anonymous]

Congratulations! Your daughter will be one of only 12.5% of high school lacrosse athletes who go on to play in college - celebrate!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thanks for all the help and dd decided to commit there!

Congratulations! That is fantastic! For anyone else interested in CNU - they are having a prospect day on Sept 23.
https://www.captainselitelax.com/fall-prospect-day.cfm

A great opportunity to play at the collegiate level, stay in state and live on a beautiful campus!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Depends on how much cheddar they offered…

It's d3. Theres no cheddar offered. Unless you get academic money.

You must not know how this game works. Sure there “no money” for D3 athletics, but somehow merit money materializes for the kids they really want on the team.

My kid chose D3 over D1 because not only was the academics better at the D3 he basically got a full ride disguised as merit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Depends on how much cheddar they offered…

It's d3. Theres no cheddar offered. Unless you get academic money.

You must not know how this game works. Sure there “no money” for D3 athletics, but somehow merit money materializes for the kids they really want on the team.

My kid chose D3 over D1 because not only was the academics better at the D3 he basically got a full ride disguised as merit.

Sometimes cheddar is chunk cheese, sometimes it’s sliced and sometimes it’s shredded. But it’s all cheddar in the end….

[Anonymous]

I've heard the coach is a real pill and pits players against each other as "motivation". Would you daughter thrive under that kind of coaching?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If she wasn't playing lacrosse, would she want to be there?

Exactly. It’s a no name school. Better to get a degree somewhere better. No one cares who plays sports in college.