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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have read about engineering being an issue at smaller D3 colleges.  Usually, it ends one of two ways, the player quits the sport or changes the major.

My son is in this boat and struggling to make a decision.  His club coach insists that you can do both.  I am not so sure.

Even at the club level, engineering is difficult to fit in.  Club hockey team has 3 practices a  week and games just about every weekend.  Games are usually Friday and Saturday so you are missing class on Friday half the time.
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When my kid was going through recruiting, we looked at the current rosters (in addition to asking coaches about any majors issues) to see the majors. Her D1 offer had what you would expect: lots of "communication", undecideds, and "easier" majors. Even at D3, you don't see a lot of the hard sciences. And at least at our school, I can see that majors like that would be extremely difficult. Our D3 program which is very competitive, has be a HUGE amount of time and work thus far. I will also say that coaches were generally- though not universally- thrilled with things like nursing as they have strict class requirements and clinical rotations. This is true even at D3. At D1, we were straight up told nursing was not going to be possible.[/quote]

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