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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^I'm one of the PPs above, and my kid is not a goalie, but I think the process is similar.  For the highlight video, you can email a link to the coach when you first reach out, and once the coaches are permitted to contact your kid under the NCAA rules, they may ask for additional game tape. Some want to see a whole or half game.  Kids often post the videos on YouTube or Instagram as well, identifying their graduation year and contact info.

In terms of school selection, it was a simple process for our kid.  He wanted a highly academic school with a very strong soccer program. We did not really have any other constraints and his goals never changed from 7th grade onward. It was clear by that point that, barring injury or some other crisis, those goals were realistic.  Some of his teammates families had other priorities or criteria. Some kids were hoping to go pro, some of the families wanted their kids to go to a school in driving distance so they could see more games, others chose colleges based on the coach and style of play, others looked only at Catholic schools, etc.  And, of course, lots of families need to take finances into consideration, so they need a school where a certain amount of financial aid will be available.  Later in HS, it turned out that some kids had the grades for top D1 schools but not the talent (or vice versa) and many kids ended up choosing between D3 and lower-level D1 schools.

One great way to start the process is attending local D1 and D3 games. If you are in the DC area, there are loads of good spectating opportunities![/quote]

OP here, is it not realistic to want strong soccer, strong academics, and also have some choice for other things, like specific majors or urban/rural, or size of school?

Or do we just make the list really long, since a lot can change after 9th grade? [/quote]

PP w/ the GK kid here- A lot can change after the 9th grade. Keeper performance is somewhat subjective, and you're dependent on your defenders, luck, etc. A new keeper can join your team and become the starter, even keeping you on the bench at important matches. Even in more objective metrics like GPA, it's much harder to get those straight A's in 11th than in 9th, especially when carrying a rigorous course load of APs and missing school for out-of-state tournaments and "official visits".

One generalization for recruiting is, high academic D1s demand higher athletic skills than top D3s while being more relaxed on academic performance. D1s recruit earlier (often Soph year when good grades are still relatively easy) than D3s (late Jr or rising Sr). Once verbally committed, these soph D1 recruits (HYPS) are guaranteed admission if a given GPA is maintained and a test score achieved, numbers which are typically [i]much[/i] much lower than avg for unhooked admits. On the other end of the scale, top D3s like MIT allows minimal academic variance and admits less than 50% of fully supported recruits.

It's good advice to make a long list when doing research. You can always trim it later. You don't want DC to be without a chair when the music stops.[/quote]

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