Anonymous wrote:Wait, why all the international kids?

Better soccer players

Wait, why all the international kids?

The other thing to keep in mind is for most d1 schools they do not max out their scholarships. In other words - they could offer 9.9 for men and 14 for women, but they might really have 4 and 6. Some have 1.

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Anonymous wrote:Better to aim for merit scholarships. Then if your athlete is injured they can still afford college. D3 doesn't give athletic scholarships but many schools provide generous merit aid.

+1

The D1 lifestyle is tough too. If your kids wants that, then great!

I follow one men's D1 program on Instagram and those kids have been constantly traveling --all over the place midweek. I don't know how they are getting any school work completed; lots of classes missed. D1 is no joke.

The bonus of a D1 program is the student-athletes get tutoring, mentoring and class placement etc. It's not easy by any standards but they do have many built-in supports to assist them. Even seeing D3 athletes and the time away from class to travel to games - students have to have good time management, a way to get help from missed classes and exams. Its not easy being a college athlete and student. The programs also report out annually on GPA's - so there is a focus on not just letting the athletes get passing grades.

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Anonymous wrote:Better to aim for merit scholarships. Then if your athlete is injured they can still afford college. D3 doesn't give athletic scholarships but many schools provide generous merit aid.

+1

The D1 lifestyle is tough too. If your kids wants that, then great!

I follow one men's D1 program on Instagram and those kids have been constantly traveling --all over the place midweek. I don't know how they are getting any school work completed; lots of classes missed. D1 is no joke.

There are D3 and NAIA schools with 20+ Intl players, and not just a school or two, it’s a number of schools.

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Anonymous wrote:For boys, they will go to international players and upperclass transfers

DS has a friend who is playing for a D2 state school. I don’t know if he got any athletic scholarship, but I was surprised that their roster is full of international kids—it’s mostly a commuter school and doesn’t attract a lot of out of state students.

Wow. I had no idea. I just checked the Queens College roster because it's one of the few D2 school I can even name: 12 international players!

Nothing new. It's just that the European pipeline has become more wide open.

Anonymous wrote:Better to aim for merit scholarships. Then if your athlete is injured they can still afford college. D3 doesn't give athletic scholarships but many schools provide generous merit aid.

+1

The D1 lifestyle is tough too. If your kids wants that, then great!

Better to aim for merit scholarships. Then if your athlete is injured they can still afford college. D3 doesn't give athletic scholarships but many schools provide generous merit aid.

Anonymous wrote:For boys, they will go to international players and upperclass transfers

Sadly this is becoming more and more common.

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Anonymous wrote:For boys, they will go to international players and upperclass transfers

DS has a friend who is playing for a D2 state school. I don’t know if he got any athletic scholarship, but I was surprised that their roster is full of international kids—it’s mostly a commuter school and doesn’t attract a lot of out of state students.

Wow. I had no idea. I just checked the Queens College roster because it's one of the few D2 school I can even name: 12 international players!

Anonymous wrote:For boys, they will go to international players and upperclass transfers

DS has a friend who is playing for a D2 state school. I don’t know if he got any athletic scholarship, but I was surprised that their roster is full of international kids—it’s mostly a commuter school and doesn’t attract a lot of out of state students.

For boys, they will go to international players and upperclass transfers

Anonymous wrote:Is it my understanding that D1 soccer programs (except the ivy leagues) give soccer scholarships?

Also, I’m assuming the local DC area d1 soccer programs give scholarships?

D1 (but not Ivies which are a D1 exception) and D2 schools give scholarships.

For boys it’s often very tiny amount of $. A team can only carry 9 total scholarships at one time. And if a Freshmen has one (that’s counted as 1 each of his next 3 years). They will often break them up into smaller pieces.

Is it my understanding that D1 soccer programs (except the ivy leagues) give soccer scholarships?

Also, I’m assuming the local DC area d1 soccer programs give scholarships?