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[quote=Anonymous]Part 2 of DS 2023 post above:

Decide what’s most important to you: great academics,  a great college running career, college cost, or social fit.  Usually this can’t all be found at one school.

Realize there are fewer men’s programs than women’s programs. Also walk ons are getting more and more rare.

Consider running at the club level for top D1 schools, they are very strong and fun without a lot of the stress.

Fwiw, my kid was a great mid distance runner (ran a 1:54 800m and a 2:28 1000m, 4:20 mile). He decided to go to a D1 school for academics, cost (40k vs 80k) and social fit (20k undergrad) vs a selective D3 where he could have run easily but did not fit the above criteria.

He tried to walk on and they didn’t take any mid distance that year. He is still running club, not as much as his  high school teammate at a D3, but he is also invoked in other athletics and college activities. I was worried at first because he loves running so much, but he still runs almost daily, has time for friends and has a 3.9 gpa at college.

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