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[quote=Anonymous]The short answer is “yes”.

You are asking the wrong question though.  The question to ask is:  What colleges are a good fit for my daughter athletically, academically and socially.  What schools that work with that criteria also work financially.

All the rest is crap.

Can a kid playing in a good program that is not ECNL or DA get noticed?  Sure. But if your kid has no interest in playing across the country; or would really struggle in classes; or would be behind two other sophomore players at her positions, or would have to take on $30K a year in debt - would they still go?

Start with the basics. What schools could work for anticipated areas of study?  Want to be a medical doctor?  Not impossible, but very, very difficult.  Need a school that can allow for that kind of scheduling.  Want to be a musician?  Probably more difficult to work the schedule than for an MD. Spend the time. Run some numbers. Do some visits.

When my daughter was looking we went to 10 schools.  She liked almost all of them which was good. But, we had weeded our unrealistic and less realistic ones for a few months before then to get it to a top 10.  It worked out for her although not without some trials as you would expect. But, several girls left along the way.

For dose of reality - take a look at the current roster of any school your kid is considering. Now go back 4 years. How many of those freshman from 4 years ago are still playing as seniors?

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