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[quote=Anonymous]NP. It’s very important and can make the difference in admissions.

For D3, it’s critical. That having been said if your kid is the coach’s top pick with GPA at the low range for the school, GPA won’t necessarily keep the kid out. But to give some color, University of Chicago men’s soccer won the NCAA championship last year (beating Williams), and the kids from both schools were also exceptionally good students. So, there will be a lot of good soccer players who can also meet the academic requirements.

For D1 and D2, it’s less critical but still important. Coaches have more leeway and can admit outside the school’s GPA range. However, it is exceptionally unlikely a coach at a good D1 will want to use their admissions slots for a freshman with a lower GPA unless that freshman is good enough to be considered at the USMNT camp level or something like it. Nowadays the majority of D1 recruiting is either international or kids coming in as juniors via the transfer portal. There are freshmen getting spots, but largely only as practice players so coaches will be looking for high GPAs to keep the incoming GPAs relatively high over the team as a whole.

That having been said, this can vary per school. What sort of schools is your DC considering?

- Parent with son playing in college now. [/quote]

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