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Anonymous wrote:Do you know anything about D3 sports? Some D3 schools are as good as D1…

Who, what, where, and how?

D3 college sports are competitive, but overall the top athletic talent in each sport is recruited and gravitates toward D1 programs.

In 99% of sports fields, the D1 national champion would absolutely crush the D3 champion. Let's be real!

All that may be true, but it doesn't translate into the D3 athlete spending less time practicing and training. Yes, the D1 women's national soccer champions - the 'noles - may crush the D3 women's Christopher Newport team, but that Newport coach is still expecting the players to practice, train, and/or participate in a team bonding event every day, week on week.

Also, there are plenty of outstanding players who simply do not have the size for a D1 team. They may want to play D1 but have to be realistic about where they will play.

I'm the PP who posted about my DS and grades not being good enough for some high academic schools. DS is currently playing his sport at a D3. It is a spring sport and this semester he's extremely busy. Two mornings a week, he has lifting in the morning (7:00am.) He has class every day from 9:00am to 12:30pm. He gets a couple of hours to do homework, relax then he goes to practice from 3:30-6:30pm every day. He has a game one day a week, so that day he has to be on the field, or catching the bus, around 1:00pm. On game days, he doesn't finish until about 7:30pm. He has games almost the entire day on Saturday and Sunday. Report time to the field is usually around 9:00am. Last weekend on Saturday, he had to be on the field at 9:00am and didn't finish until 7:30pm. He had to be back on the field at 10:00am Sunday morning. If he doesn't have a game on a Saturday or Sunday (which is very rare) they do an all day scrimmage. Monday night is "free" - but he has mandatory study hall. I can't imagine what a schedule looks like at a D1.

Its pretty clear your kid plays lacrosse. why u hiding it?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you know anything about D3 sports? Some D3 schools are as good as D1…

Who, what, where, and how?

D3 college sports are competitive, but overall the top athletic talent in each sport is recruited and gravitates toward D1 programs.

In 99% of sports fields, the D1 national champion would absolutely crush the D3 champion. Let's be real!

All that may be true, but it doesn't translate into the D3 athlete spending less time practicing and training. Yes, the D1 women's national soccer champions - the 'noles - may crush the D3 women's Christopher Newport team, but that Newport coach is still expecting the players to practice, train, and/or participate in a team bonding event every day, week on week.

Also, there are plenty of outstanding players who simply do not have the size for a D1 team. They may want to play D1 but have to be realistic about where they will play.

I'm the PP who posted about my DS and grades not being good enough for some high academic schools. DS is currently playing his sport at a D3. It is a spring sport and this semester he's extremely busy. Two mornings a week, he has lifting in the morning (7:00am.) He has class every day from 9:00am to 12:30pm. He gets a couple of hours to do homework, relax then he goes to practice from 3:30-6:30pm every day. He has a game one day a week, so that day he has to be on the field, or catching the bus, around 1:00pm. On game days, he doesn't finish until about 7:30pm. He has games almost the entire day on Saturday and Sunday. Report time to the field is usually around 9:00am. Last weekend on Saturday, he had to be on the field at 9:00am and didn't finish until 7:30pm. He had to be back on the field at 10:00am Sunday morning. If he doesn't have a game on a Saturday or Sunday (which is very rare) they do an all day scrimmage. Monday night is "free" - but he has mandatory study hall. I can't imagine what a schedule looks like at a D1.

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Anonymous wrote:You can’t change your race or major donor status, but sports team recruiting seems to be a major hook. Knowing what you know now, would you encourage your child to intensely pursue a sport. You don’t necessarily have to be a superstar for a lot of D3 teams, just a varsity athlete at a big school who plays outside of school at an advanced level. I have a younger kid and I’m definitely not Ivy or bust, I wonder if this is something I should encourage. Even flagship schools have <25% acceptance rates. Wonder what older parents who have gone thru the process think?

Do not do this. You are talking about years and years of practices and tournaments and thousand and thousands of dollars in fees and travel expenses. This is for kids that really like the sport, have some drive and talent and the family has the time and money.

Spend all that on something where the student has an interest and talent. It sports...fine. but maybe it is dance or music or science or something else.

Read: we don’t want your non athlete competing in our sports, spend $$$$ and hours of practice and competition and performances in dance, music, or science fair.

But unfortunately, the winner of the school science fair is meaningless to admissions, only a national prize is worth anything. But captain of a sports team at a 3000 person high school. That’s something.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you know anything about D3 sports? Some D3 schools are as good as D1…

Who, what, where, and how?

D3 college sports are competitive, but overall the top athletic talent in each sport is recruited and gravitates toward D1 programs.

In 99% of sports fields, the D1 national champion would absolutely crush the D3 champion. Let's be real!

All that may be true, but it doesn't translate into the D3 athlete spending less time practicing and training. Yes, the D1 women's national soccer champions - the 'noles - may crush the D3 women's Christopher Newport team, but that Newport coach is still expecting the players to practice, train, and/or participate in a team bonding event every day, week on week.

Also, there are plenty of outstanding players who simply do not have the size for a D1 team. They may want to play D1 but have to be realistic about where they will play.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can’t change your race or major donor status, but sports team recruiting seems to be a major hook. Knowing what you know now, would you encourage your child to intensely pursue a sport. You don’t necessarily have to be a superstar for a lot of D3 teams, just a varsity athlete at a big school who plays outside of school at an advanced level. I have a younger kid and I’m definitely not Ivy or bust, I wonder if this is something I should encourage. Even flagship schools have <25% acceptance rates. Wonder what older parents who have gone thru the process think?

Do not do this. You are talking about years and years of practices and tournaments and thousand and thousands of dollars in fees and travel expenses. This is for kids that really like the sport, have some drive and talent and the family has the time and money.

Spend all that on something where the student has an interest and talent. It sports...fine. but maybe it is dance or music or science or something else.

Read: we don’t want your non athlete competing in our sports, spend $$$$ and hours of practice and competition and performances in dance, music, or science fair.

But unfortunately, the winner of the school science fair is meaningless to admissions, only a national prize is worth anything. But captain of a sports team at a 3000 person high school. That’s something.

Wrong. You are so wrong on that. It is great that a kid is the captain of their hs sports team but it will not differentiate them on their college applications. No more than being the president of some hs club they created. Or any other dime-a-dozen EC. It is just background noise. Do not let your kid think that being made captain is some great EC for college apps because it will not in any any sway the needle. Ask us how we know.

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Anonymous wrote:You can’t change your race or major donor status, but sports team recruiting seems to be a major hook. Knowing what you know now, would you encourage your child to intensely pursue a sport. You don’t necessarily have to be a superstar for a lot of D3 teams, just a varsity athlete at a big school who plays outside of school at an advanced level. I have a younger kid and I’m definitely not Ivy or bust, I wonder if this is something I should encourage. Even flagship schools have <25% acceptance rates. Wonder what older parents who have gone thru the process think?

Do not do this. You are talking about years and years of practices and tournaments and thousand and thousands of dollars in fees and travel expenses. This is for kids that really like the sport, have some drive and talent and the family has the time and money.

Spend all that on something where the student has an interest and talent. It sports...fine. but maybe it is dance or music or science or something else.

Read: we don’t want your non athlete competing in our sports, spend $$$$ and hours of practice and competition and performances in dance, music, or science fair.

But unfortunately, the winner of the school science fair is meaningless to admissions, only a national prize is worth anything. But captain of a sports team at a 3000 person high school. That’s something.