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[quote=Anonymous]Late 30's dad here, born and raised in NOVA.

I played D3 at a program that was and still is consistently in the top 5 of D3.

I have though about this topic a lot and have given this same advice to many high school students over the last decade through my continued participation in the lacrosse community today.

I have multiple friends / former teammates who are both head and assistant coaches at top D1 & D3 teams.  I also personally know almost all of the coaches / owners in the club programs in NOVA/DC today.

In retrospect a small D3 school was the right place for me at the time. I was immature and had no idea what I wanted to do other then play lacrosse when I was a senior in high school.

I was lucky in that I went to play for a program that had a coach who saw his role not to win lacrosse games, but to teach and mature the young men who played for him. He is to this day one of the men I admire most in the world and had a over sized impact on my life and who I am today.

That being said, today things are different.

In the early 2000's I was able through grants and scholarships get tuition down to a level that was almost identical to that of a VA state school, I'm not sure if that is possible today. Also, like the school I attended most D3 schools do not offer the type of degrees that are competitive in today's market. A business degree from Hampton and Sydney isn't going to get you as far as a MIS Degree from VA Tech or JMU in the early stages of your career.

If my son was 18 today and was accepted into JMU, VT or GMU but had his heart set on playing lacrosse in the ODAC I would have to put my foot down and keep him at a in state public for his own good.[/quote]

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