Drawback to Div III college?

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Anonymous wrote:What about Division II?

Are there any really academically strong D1 schools like there are in D1 and D3?

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^^meant academically strong D2

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Anonymous wrote:Male swimmer would have to be exceptionally good to have even a chance at a good D1 program.

He's better than his dad. Not saying more since results are public.

But that doesn’t mean much. He should be faster. That is a far cry from being a realistic candidate for D1.

What I am trying to assess is whether your DH is realistic about actual D1 chances or not for your DS. There are exceptionally good swimmers who can be recruited by D1 but they have to be exceptional.

Stop trying to out OP.

Are you crazy? What are you talking about? OP can’t be outed by asking her if she is being realistic about her DS’s likelihood of recruitment. That is some insane paranoia.

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Anonymous wrote:Male swimmer would have to be exceptionally good to have even a chance at a good D1 program.

He's better than his dad. Not saying more since results are public.

But that doesn’t mean much. He should be faster. That is a far cry from being a realistic candidate for D1.

What I am trying to assess is whether your DH is realistic about actual D1 chances or not for your DS. There are exceptionally good swimmers who can be recruited by D1 but they have to be exceptional.

Stop trying to out OP.

Are you crazy? What are you talking about? OP can’t be outed by asking her if she is being realistic about her DS’s likelihood of recruitment. That is some insane paranoia.

It's pretty obvious she's pressing OP for events, times, records. The swimming community isn't that large. If OP says he's an elite swimming, stop assuming otherwise.

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Anonymous wrote:^^meant academically strong D2

OP here. I can't think of any he'd be interested in - he seems to be dialed in to "LAC's" with a strong military bent. Open to names, though!

And yes, PP. He's a strong contender in the D1 world. He just doesn't think he'd fit into the culture of a large university.

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Anonymous wrote:^^meant academically strong D2

OP here. I can't think of any he'd be interested in - he seems to be dialed in to "LAC's" with a strong military bent. Open to names, though!

And yes, PP. He's a strong contender in the D1 world. He just doesn't think he'd fit into the culture of a large university.

I'm a fan of SLACs, but really there are none to come to mind with a "strong military bent".

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Anonymous wrote:^^meant academically strong D2

OP here. I can't think of any he'd be interested in - he seems to be dialed in to "LAC's" with a strong military bent. Open to names, though!

And yes, PP. He's a strong contender in the D1 world. He just doesn't think he'd fit into the culture of a large university.

I'm a fan of SLACs, but really there are none to come to mind with a "strong military bent".

Hence my quotes. Even the USNA is ranked as a LAC, but no one in real life would consider it anything but a STEM school. I would say USCGA & Norwich both qualify (again, STEM schools, but ranked alongside LACs). It does make research more difficult.

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Anonymous wrote:What about Division II?

Are there any really academically strong D1 schools like there are in D1 and D3?

D2 schools kinda suck.

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Anonymous wrote:What about Division II?

Are there any really academically strong D1 schools like there are in D1 and D3?

D2 schools kinda suck.

I wouldn't say that, but they tend to be regional offshoots of the flagships. Fine, but if you can get into the flagship, why wouldn't you?

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Anonymous wrote:^^meant academically strong D2

OP here. I can't think of any he'd be interested in - he seems to be dialed in to "LAC's" with a strong military bent. Open to names, though!

And yes, PP. He's a strong contender in the D1 world. He just doesn't think he'd fit into the culture of a large university.

I'm a fan of SLACs, but really there are none to come to mind with a "strong military bent".

Not saying this is a "strong military bent" but my DC has a friend at Amherst College who is a cadet at the Army ROTC (I believe it has agreement with UMass)

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One drawback that I know of (have a friend whose child plays golf at a D3) is that during the season, they're out every weekend playing, and as a result don't have strong connections to campus life and community, which makes winters very depressing.

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Anonymous wrote:One drawback that I know of (have a friend whose child plays golf at a D3) is that during the season, they're out every weekend playing, and as a result don't have strong connections to campus life and community, which makes winters very depressing.

This is even more true at a D1 school, though.

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Anonymous wrote:What about Division II?

Are there any really academically strong D1 schools like there are in D1 and D3?

D2 schools kinda suck.

I wouldn't say that, but they tend to be regional offshoots of the flagships. Fine, but if you can get into the flagship, why wouldn't you?

No military bent, but just for the record, the Colorado School of Mines is an academically excellent school with D2 sports.

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Colorado School of Mines

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Colorado School of Mines

That's the only one, really.