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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Boy or Girl?

In general, there's a huge recruiting difference between the top 50 or so D3 schools and everyone else. [b]The very bottom of D3 is considerably worse than DMV high school play, but the top schools and conferences are recruiting the same ECNL/GA kids as mid to lower level D1.[/b]

Especially in the DMV, you have kids that are decent on the field, can afford to pay for tuition, but want a truly academically challenging school. For those kids, schools in the UAA and  NESCAC conferences, plus a handful of others (think MIT and Hopkins) are their target. Remember, we are talking ECNL starters here, but not ones good enough to play at a Power 4 school.

If your kid is aiming for that level of academic elite school, you can try and go to ID sessions, but understand that they will be up against well-drilled players and even internationals.

Good luck!
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Even low D1 isn't that great.  Kid at an Ivy.  But--if your kid is very smart--just focus on academics. For a boy--it is sooooooo time consuming to navigate the push to find a soccer 'coach support' and a lot will talk that way but it doesn't pan out.  Some of the male D3s don't even really recruit. They hold a lot of camps but just wait to see who gets in (at least one of the very high academic D3s actually says that at the camps--no control over admissions or coach support). They all stress kid's academic profile.  Another thing to think about is that the 5-years of eligibility kids get (they have 5 years ---to use the 4-year eligibility now from the day they enroll at a school)--a lot are playing older.  You will see many grad year players.  Kid can always head academically for a top education and still play down the road---as long as they are training and playing at a high level (the DMV has many ways to do this on breaks and summer--and some kids do Club and semi-pro teams in college).[/quote]

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