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    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
    The thing that the BTDT crowd seems to gloss over regarding the NESCAC kids is the fact that some kids love soccer. My kid isn't a NESCAC kid, but if that was her talent level then she'd be playing there and I'd be very happy for her. Because she loves the game, loves playing and practicing, loves being on a team that's striving for something, loves the test of either winning or losing on the field. It's her favorite non-academic activity, so wherever she went to school she was going to play as much soccer as possible.

    The idea that she'd go to school and not play soccer simply because "it only matters if you're going pro someday or getting paid to play..." is ludicrous. What a miserable existence it would be if she gave up her favorite activity just because it didn't have a financial future in it. If she chooses to play D3 soccer and it means she doesn't do as many other non-academic activities while she's at school, fine. No different than being a singer in a band or playing the violin or playing Fortnite.
    This is right on

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      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
      For the umpteenth time, what you are completely glossing over is the little tidbit that that "love for soccer" is what truly drove the decision, not the "academic comes first in our family" focus like it is then postured. Everyone understands when a kid loves the game and wants to continue playing. If they are playing at the D3 level, it's because that is where their ability level fits. None of this "my kid passed D1 offers because we value education so much."
      "Love for soccer" and "Academics come first" are not mutually exclusive concepts, unless you are very simple minded. A kid might be good enough to play at a D2 or even D1 school with money involved but choose a D3 school with a good if not better soccer and a better academic program and get both Soccer and Academics. The right D3 school might even provide them with more Aid money than the D2 or D1 school would in scholarship, so the net cost is less.

      Not all D1 and D2 soccer is better than D3, only "simple" minded people think that.

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        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
        You really think Khari Stevenson who played at Williams and then professionally for more than a decade including in MLS couldn't have gotten any money from Bucknell or Lehigh? Do you truly believe no kid on the planet would ever choose Amherst or Midd over Bucknell?
        Every player on the NESCAC all star team could have gotten money from a D1 or D2 school

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          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
          Every player on the NESCAC all star team could have gotten money from a D1 or D2 school
          Lol. Good one

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            Yes too funny.

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              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
              Every player on the NESCAC all star team could have gotten money from a D1 or D2 school
              Are you talking girls or guys? There are DI guys opportunities as there are less college soccer programs (150 +/-). That's a lot (150ish x 30-35 roster spots). At least 4500 spots.

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                Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                OK, SoccerDad33. Or is it SoccerTaxi? Or Suzieskywalker? What a dope. Have another pizza.
                Wow. These are like names from a decade a go. These people are hardcore. What is the pizza reference?

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                  Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                  Wow. These are like names from a decade a go. These people are hardcore. What is the pizza reference?
                  BTNT? What does the pizza reference mean? Bring us newbies up to speed.
                  Thanks.

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                    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                    BTNT can't even concede that there are many very attractive D3 schools, on their own merits with soccer or without soccer....all of the UAAs which are outstanding and not LACs, the excellent LACs, and a host of one-tier down very strong LACs like Dickinson, Franklin & Marshall, Denison, Rhodes, Centre, etc, etc.

                    But, alas, I guess NYU, Chicago, and Emory are tiny schools in the middle of nowheresville. I personally am not a huge NESCAC fan, but there are still a bunch of very attractive D3 institutions.
                    True that.

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                      And none of you can come to grips with your kids being 3rd tier students and athletes. Williams, indeed, more like Brandeis or Wheaton. Hardly the creme de la creme some of you like to make them out to be.

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                        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                        And none of you can come to grips with your kids being 3rd tier students and athletes. Williams, indeed, more like Brandeis or Wheaton. Hardly the creme de la creme some of you like to make them out to be.
                        So bitter and hateful. Even if you were correct, which you aren't, why so invested in doing everything in your power to try and make others feel bad or less than???? How does that help YOU???

                        Williams is Williams. Brandeis is a fantastic school. And Wheaton is a very solid college and exactly where your MCLA kid should have been allowed to attend.

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                          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                          BTNT? What does the pizza reference mean? Bring us newbies up to speed.
                          Thanks.
                          Google him and look at his mug shot, and then you'll understand the pizza reference.

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                            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                            Wow. These are like names from a decade a go. These people are hardcore. What is the pizza reference?
                            BTW, in case you were wondering, all 3 of those different screen names were the same person. He even as "himself" championed the deceit of multiple screen names and different identities (and genders) as a valued tactic on sites like this.

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                              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                              BTW, in case you were wondering, all 3 of those different screen names were the same person. He even as "himself" championed the deceit of multiple screen names and different identities (and genders) as a valued tactic on sites like this.
                              You are obsessed. I feel bad for you.

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                                Wow, what thread. Fun way to start a morning.

                                My niece went through the recruiting wars a handful of years ago. Pretty good soccer player, top team for a decent big club. Standout student.

                                A few thought, fwiw:

                                Not all coaches evaluate players the same way, even in same league. A coach may see something in your kid that a different coach does not see. Recruiting can be a little bit like dating. Her club contacts were very useful in setting up initial contact with the college coaches.

                                As a certain poster has said, D1 soccer can be like a job. Do your due diligence on this. My niece tells stories about her meetings with some coaches where they talk and talk about all the work. After a couple of Patriot League "dates" she ruled out D1. (for her family, college cost was not a factor in the college decision.)

                                So, for her, things started heating up junior fall, with the action really heavy junior Spring.

                                She had several Ivy "dates". Eventually she wound up with 1 legitimate Ivy offer, confirmed by her prep school's college placement counselor. The counselor was very useful in sorting through the coaches bs to help determine what was real. My brother-in-law says you have listen very carefully to what the coach is saying. They will want to leave the impression they are interested, but that does not necessarily mean anything.

                                She was also recruited by some of the top D3 schools, with offers confirmed by the placement counselor. (Typical offer was go ED or EA and get coach's support.)

                                She decided on a tippy top academic D3 with excellent soccer. She was first team all-conference.

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