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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP. I’m getting whiplash going between this thread and those on the College and University forum.  If you did a poll over there, I’d expect 99% of the posters would pick an Ivy or a 25% athletic scholarship at Notre Dame over a full ride at CMU, Mason, etc. if there was any possible way to swing the pricier and more highly rated school.

Of course, a lot of those posters also seem to believe that all athletes are stupid and that the admissions advantages athletic recruitment confers are an unsupportable outrage. [/quote]

Perhaps people would pick an Ivy, but I think most would pick a full ride in a good college over graduating from ND with a mountain of student debt. [/quote]

This is a soccer forum. Where does the level and quality of soccer factor in? It’s a big deal for my DD who also happens to get excellent grades and would be academically competitive at all of the above.  If you’re looking at level and quality of SOCCER, then ND.  [/quote]

A Virginia kid going to an out of state school will pay almost 4x that of a in-state student. So a 25 percent scholarship for academics and a 25 percent scholarship for athletics will not nearly go as far. Yes, ND is awesome. I would love for my kid to go there. However, a full ride to a lesser in-state program, both academically and athletically, where my kid can play and graduate debt free is the winner. Why? Because I agree with the poster who said that the degree is more important than the school.

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Not me. If my kid is good enough to get an admissions advantage and play for a highly ranked school, then we’ll be happy to pay for that even if they could get a full ride elsewhere. I know this is not an option for folks who need aid in order to afford school.

I am surprised by the people here saying connections and school reputation don’t matter. That has not been my experience at all at least for kids’ first job or two post graduation. Of course the level of soccer matters as well, along with team and coach dynamics and the likelihood of playing time. [/quote]

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