What are the updates on local commits on NESCAC day?

The academic requirements for the top NESCAC schools are tougher than most of the D1 schools including the Ivies. The Ivy League school coaches have a certain number of spots they can fill, and the kids just need to get the minimum required. The minimum may be very respectable, but still practically guarantee a spot if they player has that and the coach wants them. For the NESCAC schools, the coach will support players, but they are still put through the admissions process, and the admissions office will say whether the person is in the field of students who would be accepted to the school. Of course, it is a little less stringent than normal applicants, but pretty close. So, you have to have amazing academic credentials to get a spot. (For example, most athletes accepted to Williams will have a 34 or higher on the ACT. Not all, but most.)

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Anonymous wrote:That statement was based solely on lacrosse I assume. Good school.

This is such a strange back and forth. If lacrosse was not a factor, wouldn’t you want your kid to go to ND over, say, MD? When did “Top School” start to only apply to schools in the NCAA final four. Shouldn’t this ultimately be about education?

ND is an extremely conservative school. It’s not for everyone.
It’s like apples and oranges.

Agree, but I think this is more generally referring to theclevel
Of education and reputation, not school specific. To switch it, wouldn’t you want your kid going to Berkeley or ND over MD?

PP here.. typing to quick to late at night. Sorry for the typos.

A central difference of opinion in this board has been that certain parents mostly consider "top" schools in relation to their women's lacrosse program, and other parents consider "top" schools from an academic perspective.

There was a thread here many months ago that discussed the few schools that are both. As you can imagine, there was quite a difference in opinion

DIII commitments expected this week for NESCAC, and I curious about the academic requirements for these players. From conversations this weekend, there seems to be more more academic scrutiny for these players than top academic DI schools, where many players are being allowed to go test optional as part of the 2023 class.

Top schools should be a combo of what works academically and athletically. In a recruiting forum the real discussion should be about the clubs that help get the kids to the best place for them, individually.

NOVA has great teams and players, if those kids are not getting recruited, that’s the problem, not whether they are at Stanford or UMD.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That statement was based solely on lacrosse I assume. Good school.

This is such a strange back and forth. If lacrosse was not a factor, wouldn’t you want your kid to go to ND over, say, MD? When did “Top School” start to only apply to schools in the NCAA final four. Shouldn’t this ultimately be about education?

ND is an extremely conservative school. It’s not for everyone.
It’s like apples and oranges.

Agree, but I think this is more generally referring to theclevel
Of education and reputation, not school specific. To switch it, wouldn’t you want your kid going to Berkeley or ND over MD?

PP here.. typing to quick to late at night. Sorry for the typos.

A central difference of opinion in this board has been that certain parents mostly consider "top" schools in relation to their women's lacrosse program, and other parents consider "top" schools from an academic perspective.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That statement was based solely on lacrosse I assume. Good school.

This is such a strange back and forth. If lacrosse was not a factor, wouldn’t you want your kid to go to ND over, say, MD? When did “Top School” start to only apply to schools in the NCAA final four. Shouldn’t this ultimately be about education?

ND is an extremely conservative school. It’s not for everyone.
It’s like apples and oranges.

Agree, but I think this is more generally referring to theclevel
Of education and reputation, not school specific. To switch it, wouldn’t you want your kid going to Berkeley or ND over MD?

PP here.. typing to quick to late at night. Sorry for the typos.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That statement was based solely on lacrosse I assume. Good school.

This is such a strange back and forth. If lacrosse was not a factor, wouldn’t you want your kid to go to ND over, say, MD? When did “Top School” start to only apply to schools in the NCAA final four. Shouldn’t this ultimately be about education?

ND is an extremely conservative school. It’s not for everyone.
It’s like apples and oranges.

Agree, but I think this is more generally referring to theclevel
Of education and reputation, not school specific. To switch it, wouldn’t you want your kid going to Berkeley or ND over MD?

Anonymous wrote:All I have to say is that if I know one of my Dad top schools was such a stick in the mid about picking recruits she would have been a lot more annoying about getting their attention.
I can’t believe they are still filling their spots.
I held them in such high regards. It just goes to show that you never really know what’s behind the curtain.
The story of my DD is that she went to one of their camps that they “finally held” this past fall and wasn’t that impressed. The schools she liked but the team camp was disappointing. Disorganized and scattered.
(My DD did verbally commit a week later to another program higher on her list). A month later they picked up a few commits I would call panic commits.
You just never know how poorly a program may operate.

*DD (typo, but u knew that already)

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That statement was based solely on lacrosse I assume. Good school.

This is such a strange back and forth. If lacrosse was not a factor, wouldn’t you want your kid to go to ND over, say, MD? When did “Top School” start to only apply to schools in the NCAA final four. Shouldn’t this ultimately be about education?

ND is an extremely conservative school. It’s not for everyone.
It’s like apples and oranges.

All I have to say is that if I know one of my Dad top schools was such a stick in the mid about picking recruits she would have been a lot more annoying about getting their attention.
I can’t believe they are still filling their spots.
I held them in such high regards. It just goes to show that you never really know what’s behind the curtain.
The story of my DD is that she went to one of their camps that they “finally held” this past fall and wasn’t that impressed. The schools she liked but the team camp was disappointing. Disorganized and scattered.
(My DD did verbally commit a week later to another program higher on her list). A month later they picked up a few commits I would call panic commits.
You just never know how poorly a program may operate.

Now that the summer tournament season has started and college season ended, any more Pride commits yet? They have a number of decent players that haven’t been picked up. One would think the club would try to get them placed.

Anonymous wrote:That statement was based solely on lacrosse I assume. Good school.

This is such a strange back and forth. If lacrosse was not a factor, wouldn’t you want your kid to go to ND over, say, MD? When did “Top School” start to only apply to schools in the NCAA final four. Shouldn’t this ultimately be about education?

Anonymous wrote:That statement was based solely on lacrosse I assume. Good school.

This is such a strange back and forth. If lacrosse was not a factor, wouldn’t you want your kid to go to ND over, say, MD? When did “Top School” start to only apply to schools in the NCAA final four. Shouldn’t this ultimately be about education?

That statement was based solely on lacrosse I assume. Good school.