Anonymous wrote:Maybe we will consider Bowdoin. I just don’t necessarily think college name matters much anymore, especially if you’re somewhat connected through your community or network to begin with. I think the experience of college is important but the name seems to matter less each year. UT would staying in the same bubble he grew up in.

How is a college with 50,000 students the “same bubble” as high school? I really don’t understand your analysis, OP. Does your child already hang out at UT all the time? If not, it’s going to be a whole new experience from high school! You seem to have something against UT for reasons that aren’t fully clear.

d1- hpu, scholarship
d3- bowdoin, $$$$
club- ut, $ (in state)

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe we will consider Bowdoin. I just don’t necessarily think college name matters much anymore, especially if you’re somewhat connected through your community or network to begin with. I think the experience of college is important but the name seems to matter less each year. UT would staying in the same bubble he grew up in.

Okay, now you are sounding like a troll. In what world is a kid applying to these three schools?

Lax options and state school

Anonymous wrote:Maybe we will consider Bowdoin. I just don’t necessarily think college name matters much anymore, especially if you’re somewhat connected through your community or network to begin with. I think the experience of college is important but the name seems to matter less each year. UT would staying in the same bubble he grew up in.

Okay, now you are sounding like a troll. In what world is a kid applying to these three schools?

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Anonymous wrote:If he has an opportunity to attend UT (especially over High Point) then absolutely take it. If he is in any way considering High Point due to political leanings, he will have all the connections he needs (be it right or left) through UT.

I seriously don't know how this is a question.

Full scholarship sports recruit versus going to a school 50 percent of his classmates are attending

you obviously don't know admissions at UT.

you will be attending with the top 6% (max) of your high school. UT fills the class with mostly top 6% from texas. so, for my kids high school class the max number of students attending from her class would have been 240, that is if all the top 6% even want to go to UT. news flash, they don't.

You are clueless. 40 percent who apply to UT will be admitted. That is just autoadmit. How many kids are in your child’s class if 6 percent equals = 240 ?? 6 percent of 1000 kids = 60 kids? Your math is so off. You’re saying there are 4000 kids in your child’s graduating class. What public hs has 16,000 children?

The bolded doesn't make any sense. If they are auto-admit, then 100 get accepted.

The acceptance rate for non auto varies widely depending on major/college. The most recent overall rate is 30%. That 30% acceptance includes the non-auto plus the auto-admits, many of whom do not get their first choice majors either.

Anyway, if I were the OP I think Bowdoin would be the best choice. Kids need exposure to other places, but not places like HP. It'll be cold though.

Anonymous wrote:No it doesn’t. Again, stop doubling down and just admit you’re wrong. High achieving high schools in Texas have a much greater admittance rate to UT Austin than 6 percent.

This is for sure but it is limited to very few high school schools in the state. That said, many of them don't get into their desired major at UT and/or they have to go to one of the feeder schools their first year.

Anyway, most kids don't go to UT with half their high school class for various reasons. Now, Tech and A&M kids might.

Anonymous wrote:#1 criteria should never be sports

I honestly think you are terrible parents if you allow that unless you're dirt poor and it's the only way to get a college education.

You're a nerd.

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Anonymous wrote:If he has an opportunity to attend UT (especially over High Point) then absolutely take it. If he is in any way considering High Point due to political leanings, he will have all the connections he needs (be it right or left) through UT.

I seriously don't know how this is a question.

Full scholarship sports recruit versus going to a school 50 percent of his classmates are attending

I get wanting to get away from classmates to start fresh. But UT is so big. Plenty of places to get away from the past. But to attend a place like HP seems very shortsighted for long term life choices and career prospects. Is this decision being driven by money and wanting to focus on lax instead of studying?

No, it’s wanting to play a D1 sport in college over club.

But- it's not like there is a big professional sport contract waiting for a college lacrosse player. I don't mean to disparage him. I have the same thing with a kid in soccer. They are pretty myopic at this age and when they are in that sports world where they have devoted their entire youth to a sport- it's all they know. It becomes their persona and they hang around kids that are all about committing somewhere (even if it is much, much lower than they could do academic wise). My kid is at a T10 and was getting offers from T200s. No, son, no.

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Anonymous wrote:Also consider the time requirement of being a D1 lacrosse player versus a club player. I have a D3 athlete and during his season he doesn't have much free time and he has to miss class occasionally for games. From what we've heard, D1 is significantly more intense and you need to juggle the academic, athletic and social aspects of college. When you're a D1 athlete, if you want a successful athletic career and you want to graduate, the social aspect of college is what you sacrifice.

This. I have a kid at a demanding school. They love playing on their club team (athleticism, camaraderie, travel to different schools and tournaments), but they also love that they can skip a game if they have a major paper or mid-term they need to focus on.

Also, agree with others that High Point is a very specific student body and vibe. If you like it, good on you. But know attendance there telegraphs some very particular things.

+1 My kid does Club at his Ivy. There are a number of players that dropped down from the D1 team after a year or so. Also, if they want to do study abroad, etc.., all things to consider.

There was a lot more travel with Club than I thought--but, again, you can miss without any issues since it is student run. Kid did get to see so many different colleges, and team bonding on trips away, etc.

Anonymous wrote:High Point U (lax recruit, 100 percent covered) or UTexas (public for us, in state tuition, no lax team and would play club)?

Which would you choose and why?

*we live in Dallas

Think about if the kid did not get to play lax. Would they still go? If not, go to UT.

Anonymous wrote:Maybe we will consider Bowdoin. I just don’t necessarily think college name matters much anymore, especially if you’re somewhat connected through your community or network to begin with. I think the experience of college is important but the name seems to matter less each year. UT would staying in the same bubble he grew up in.

College name matters in:
Getting into grad school
Getting 1st job

I just have not been that impressed with the kids I know from High Point. They are nice kids who are not intellectually curious. If your kid has Bowdin and UT on the table, I think the students your child will engage with with enable them to grow in ways that will not be the same at High Point.

College experience matters in figuring out who you are - and who you are around influences that.