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Anonymous wrote:The teams ranked 150 and above are interesting. Looks like 1 can still get D1 at that low of a team but then again, there's other dynamics in play that makes people consider if going to a school is worth it even if it's D1.

Playing “D1” is too wide of a definition and often the standard you hear families (mostly parents) reference to measure their daughter’s recruitment success. This label should not be your primary measuring stick.

The bottom half of D1 programs struggle to fill rosters and cannot compete with the top half of schools. College programs ranging from 20-65 cannot compete with the top 20 lacrosse programs. The disparity in athleticism and talent is too wide. D1 needs to be subdivided into three groups - D1A, D1B and D1C. I wonder how many players and parents would choose D1C if that that label was standard practice at the D1 level.

I’ve experienced this firsthand as a parent of a player who played on a top 20 team. Her freshman year they played all freshman in scrimmages and beat teams ranked around 80 by 20 goals. It was painful to watch at times - the lower ranked teams looked like bad club teams. This same group beat several of the top 5 ranked D2 programs in scrimmages - those games were a little more competitive. On the flip side her team lost to a top 5 program by nearly 20 goals.

I’ve seen so many parents and players end up at colleges I never heard them mention during their recruiting process. To the poster’s point many things other than saying you play “D1” should be considered when choosing your four year college experience. Lacrosse is not the end all be all.

Anonymous wrote:The teams ranked 150 and above are interesting. Looks like 1 can still get D1 at that low of a team but then again, there's other dynamics in play that makes people consider if going to a school is worth it even if it's D1.

Anonymous wrote:I am a Capital parent and wish the girls nothing but success. However I agree that the brand helps….nobody else but the family….the RC coaches etc pretty much just watch it happen and are there for a chat every now and again

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter went high academic D3 for lacrosse and was given 40K in scholarships from the school. Agree with the above comment. Sometimes merit is large at the D3 schools. The advice on D1 versus D3 for money is a complicated one.

Agree. My high academic D3 kid got $25K in merit. But the award amount is only part of the story. Should be looking at TCoA. Even with that merit, we'll be paying $70K for college next year for her. Also, remember that some of the high academics only give need based aid (or have a very small number of merit scholarships to award). Flip side to all of this -- your daughter's options will be broader to the extent that you can comfortably pay close to $100K in tuition per year. Many higher academic schools are not need blind. If you are relying on a degree of merit to make the math work, I'd highly recommend asking for a financial pre-read alongside the academic one.

Exactly. Even with merit, better academic d3’s are not cheaper than in state unless you get financial aid also.

That’s just the facts. My DC plays another sports. We got max merit and still could not get it lower. We were targeting top 100 schools. Top 50 gives nothing.

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter went high academic D3 for lacrosse and was given 40K in scholarships from the school. Agree with the above comment. Sometimes merit is large at the D3 schools. The advice on D1 versus D3 for money is a complicated one.

Agree. My high academic D3 kid got $25K in merit. But the award amount is only part of the story. Should be looking at TCoA. Even with that merit, we'll be paying $70K for college next year for her. Also, remember that some of the high academics only give need based aid (or have a very small number of merit scholarships to award). Flip side to all of this -- your daughter's options will be broader to the extent that you can comfortably pay close to $100K in tuition per year. Many higher academic schools are not need blind. If you are relying on a degree of merit to make the math work, I'd highly recommend asking for a financial pre-read alongside the academic one.

Anonymous wrote:I believe July 1 is the earliest offer date but agree that you'd have been asked for a transcript by now if you were on the short list.

Anonymous wrote:My daughter went high academic D3 for lacrosse and was given 40K in scholarships from the school. Agree with the above comment. Sometimes merit is large at the D3 schools. The advice on D1 versus D3 for money is a complicated one.

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Anonymous wrote:Unless you love lacrosse, going to D3 financially may not make sense for some. They don't give a whole lot of money (if any) to beat in state cost

That's not totally true. Outside of the NESCACs, other D3s will give merit money. Some schools with big endowments who value extracurriculars will give you quite a bit. The only rule is that merit is given by the admissions and financial aid offices, not the athletic department, to equalize gifts and prevent an athletes from getting more than say the musicians. Every school is different though.

Anonymous wrote:Unless you love lacrosse, going to D3 financially may not make sense for some. They don't give a whole lot of money (if any) to beat in state cost