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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My daughter is talking to some high academic D3s. Their teams could beat many of the D1s, and most of the athletes they’re recruiting also have D1 interest. My impression is that the coach wanting you can help you get through test optional. However, the coaches have been very specific about the number and type of APs she would need. She would also need nearly perfect grades.[/quote]

[b]I don't want to sound like a jerk,[/b]  but if you're being told by a coach that your kids needs near perfect grades, then either your kids is a very low priority for the coach,  or the college truly doesn't support the sport.
My kid is at a D3 top academic college and got in with the coach's support during ED, despite significantly below average  (for this college) stats.[/quote]

You sound like one. A d3 high academic school my kid is interested in, sent the (high) stats needed for academics before the kid could be considered as a recruit. Men’s swimming, Emory. And, you can’t even get those stats until you email the swim coach your swim stats and if you’re in their ballpark, they release the academic stats to you.

Lower level academic d3 schools haven’t done anything like this even though they are hard to get into. I’m talking too 25 school versus a 40 and up school. [/quote]

OK call me a jerk, but my kid is in a top 10 SLAC (usually top 5) with hs grades well below average (fwiw, he's getting good college grades).  That's what D3 recruitment means if a coach wants your kid and the sport means something to the school.

[b]I don't know much about Emory,  but it does seem that a university with 15,000 students that has chosen to be in Division III is making clear that it doesn't give a sh@t about athletics.[[/b]/quote]

Emory has fewer than 8,000 undergraduates and about 12,000 students when including both grad & undergrads. Nevertheless,athletics are not a big deal at Emory.[/quote]

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