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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a very interesting forum and wish there was more about D3 recruiting and playing in the mainstream lacrosse media.  I would agree with most of what has been posted, and a lot if excellent advice.

My son is in the same boat as rising senior.  He has had a lot of interest and several offers from mid to lower D1 lacrosse schools, but none are a fit for him academically and otherwise. He is a high academic and social kid who just wants to play lacrosse in college.

He has also gotten a lot attention from D2 and D3 schools, but we are not considering D2 and only a small handful of high lacrosse and high academic D3 programs.

He as gotten interest from about half of NESCAC, Swarthmore, Dickinson, W&L, and that range of school.  These are all good schools, but not sure if they are all generally good fits for what he wants.

While he is still getting some D1 interest, the high level D3 could be the likely path.

To give a reference point of skill level, he has been three year varsity starter, plays on two travel teams (one very high level - top ten ranking), has been named to multiple All-Star teams at showcases, and been invited to One Percent, Maverick, NLF Futures, etc.

It is my feel that to get an offer from top academic and top 20 D3 program, you need to be starter on high level high school and travel teams and be a difference maker on the field.

All of these top A&L D3 schools have told him that they will watch him in June and want this transcripts as soon as he has them to do an academic pre-read.  It appears that most offers start end of June, first of July.

If you want to stay in Southeast versus mid-Atlantic and NE, the choices are very few.  W&L is only top lacrosse and academic school in SE. Sewanee and Rhodes are good schools but not at the same level over either.  The ODAC is a very good lacrosse conference, but the academics, other than W&L, are not that high.

Denison, Dickinson, and Kenyon are also good options.

I have enjoyed this dialogue and would appreciate others' takes on this.
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I generally agree with your thoughts here.

DS is getting lots of interest from schools that are academically beneath what I think he can aspire to (even calling them safety schools might be exaggerating it) and happily he knows he shouldn't choose his school "just for lacrosse".[/quote]

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