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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So I guess all the soccer players in the Dallas area are the children of Neanderthals. Give me a break. Successful people will teach their kids balance. As someone who has hired kids from elite undergrad and grad programs, kids who played DI and maintained a competitive academic profile always fared well in interviews compared to those who did not.

Obviously there are elite DI programs that encourage a balance and those that don't. If your DD has the potential to play at that level by working hard to get there, they are not going to be happy at a D3 program. The great thing about DI are the options. Lehigh and Bucknell differ from Harvard and Princeton which differ from Duke and Stanford but all three will offer you a great academic experience while offering a soccer experience that is ranges from competitive to supper competitive to elite competitiveness. [/quote]

The kid who is choosing between playing at JMU or JHU isn't getting recruited by Duke or Stanford and may not be able to get into Princeton or Harvard. Between Dallas and DC, which city seems to care more about college prestige? [/quote]

The OP nor the article is discussing DI programs outside the Power 5 or DIII programs. The discussion is about elite DI programs and the ability to balance high level soccer and elite academics. Solar has 20 girls going to high level soccer programs, including half going to Vandy, Michigan or UT. I am sorry but all three of those schools offer more academically for an elite athlete than DIII schools in New England that no one outside of the Northeast will have much familiarity. We aren't talking about borderline kids. We are talking about elite players who will get the attention of Power 5 coaches. If your kid wants to balance elite soccer with elite academics, there are plenty of options.[/quote]

did you read the list from OP's link - Rogers State, Lubbock Christian, Northwestern State... There are some impressive schools and a lot that aren't. Solar is a huge club, they are going to place more kids than a smaller club.

Mclean, has a of Davidson, a Dartmouth, a couple of Georgetowns, and Wake Forest. St. James has a bunch of DIs. Bethesda and Arlington have basically nothing which makes me wonder if they didn't bother entering the info

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