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[quote=Anonymous]^^I thought the prior post provided generally good information and interesting details. I did want to quibble with this part though:

“Top D1 programs (boys) such as Georgetown or UVA maintain their academic standards for soccer. Period. You need high GPA, high SAT/ACT scores, and activities and achievements aplenty just to get accepted into the school. Then on top of your academics, you need to play soccer exceptionally well.”

This is not entirely accurate. Several top D1 soccer schools that are also excellent academic schools do have minimum grade and score standards for athletes that would be challenging for a poor or average student to meet. These include Ivies, Stanford, Northwestern, Georgetown to a lesser extent, and likely a few others. These minimums are well below what it takes for non-hooked kids to get in, though some of the lower-ranked athletic recruits will require scores closer to the general student population for admission, especially to the Ivies due to the index. Most other D1 schools lower their admissions standards significantly for athletes the coach is interested in.  And no top D1 program or coach that I know of is going to reject  a top recruit just because soccer is their only significant EC or achievement. They want you to not be annoying, arrogant, or a discipline problem, but if they think you can contribute on the field, they don’t care about much else. Most of the kids I know who were recruited to top programs did very little outside of soccer and school in HS—there is just not time. I’m not saying that’s the path to happiness in life, but I don’t want people to be too intimidated by the process. [/quote]

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