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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is “join the team where she has the most friends an option?”

My estimate is that 65% of girls (probably 75% of boys) on any team outside of the top 25 will not play college for a variety of reasons. Get better with good friends and see what happens. Be a leader on your high school team and develop into the best adult possible.

If being recruited is your only measure of success for a parent, be prepared to be disappointed.  [/quote]

This is a good reminder for everyone.  One that I try to remind my household of frequently.[/quote]

I second this very good point. Girls that know each other well outside of lacrosse and like playing with each other as an extension of those relationships is very important. [/quote]

This is so true. Unless you are on a CLC B-level team, more than likely the majority of the girls on that team will not be playing lacrosse in college. They would rather go to a UVA or VT as a student vs a school where they can play lacrosse. That is why the social aspect is so important to the vast majority of girls playing lacrosse who are not in the top tier.[/quote]

This is also so true, speaking as a parent of a former CLC player, because it's not unusual for some girls who opt for D1 decide it's not worth it and/or wonder what they are doing at a college their family never even knew existed before they went through recruiting and either drop or transfer.  And if the girl decides to go to UVA or VT, both schools have excellent, nationally ranked club teams that play colleges/universities from all over the country and allow your talented DD to have a "normal" college life and still play fun, extremely competitive lacrosse.  The UVA club team, ranked 6th in the country this past year, has a good amount of players from CLC Orange, as well as other nationally ranked HS club teams.  JMU also has a competitive club lax team.  Some of the girls on the college club teams are actually former D1 players who for whatever reason (academics, lack of playing time) switched to club. [/quote]

[b]Speaking as a parent who has a daughter playing D1 for a top academic and ranked program, I’ve never understood players/parents who even consider a school based on a lacrosse offer alone[/b]. The only question to ask is…would you have considered this school if lacrosse was not part of the equation. Sadly, too many commits get caught up in the moment and the answer is no, which leads to an outcome that didn’t need to happen.

Club is a great option for many. VT is generally the most consistent and highest ranked of area schools. They will be in the mix for the WLCA championship every year. You better be a good student. To get in you will probably need a 4.5+ GPA and 1400+ SAT plus a lot of honors classes.[/quote]

Of course you have never understood that - you were never faced with such a decision.  Unfortunately it is very easy to get caught up in all the recruiting BS when your DD is a very talented athlete on a top HS club team and say no to your DD's dreams while she watches her teammates say yes.

And I think you mean UVA, not VT, although an applicant needs a strong academic record to get into Tech and their club team is excellent.
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The poster is correct, VT has typically been the best club team in this area. They beat UVA twice this past season and finished 4th in the last National rankings. They chose not to participate in the WCLA tournament this past May. Academically, applicants should have close to the numbers noted to ensure having a good chance of getting accepted into the school.[/quote]

DP. Completely off topic but no way does an applicant need a 4.5 gpa to “ensure a good chance of getting accepted” to Tech, a school with well over a 50% acceptance rate. It’s a great school, getting more competitive and I know plenty of smart students there but I’ve had 4 kids graduate from nova public schools in the past 6 years, including this past year, and their friends getting in have gpas well below a 4.5, even for engineering. Good to know their club lax team is so good.  DD has a friend hoping to play for it.[/quote]

Remember FCPS gpas vs Arlington & Loudoun will always be lower based on how they weight classes so it is hard to compare.

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