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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostShhhhhh. The D3 crowd hates the Ivy comparison. Makes em uncomfortable. Now cue the chorus of how much better D3 is academically.
No one is saying that the soccer is better in D3 than Ivy.
There are a few D3 schools which some students may choose over some Ivy. MIT, Pomona, Williams, Amherst come immediately to mind. But it is very much an individual choice.
I do not understand the hate regarding the students who choose to play soccer at a top D3. Of course, they did not have the option to go to Stanford or UVa on scholarship, but very few do.
From my pov, I would be happy if my daughter gets to go to a top D3 school and plays soccer there, assuming that is what she wants. considering the possible range of outcomes, that would be pretty good in my book.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThat's the humorous part, if you have the grades to get into those particular schools you have the grades to get into an Ivy and you don't need soccer for anything.
Soccer can make the difference. The recruiting information regarding the NESCAC is well-known. It is clear that recruits are given advantages in admission.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostFrom my pov, I would be happy if my daughter gets to go to a top D3 school and plays soccer there, assuming that is what she wants. considering the possible range of outcomes, that would be pretty good in my book.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostFrom a cost/benefit evaluation, I still struggle with my kid's decision to put it so many hours to play D3, falling behind in school work, and trying to figure out with the ultimate benefits are.
That's the biggest issue right there.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostFrom a cost/benefit evaluation, I still struggle with my kid's decision to put it so many hours to play D3, falling behind in school work, and trying to figure out with the ultimate benefits are.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostFalse comparison, another straw man.
No one is saying that the soccer is better in D3 than Ivy.
There are a few D3 schools which some students may choose over some Ivy. MIT, Pomona, Williams, Amherst come immediately to mind. But it is very much an individual choice.
I do not understand the hate regarding the students who choose to play soccer at a top D3. Of course, they did not have the option to go to Stanford or UVa on scholarship, but very few do.
From my pov, I would be happy if my daughter gets to go to a top D3 school and plays soccer there, assuming that is what she wants. considering the possible range of outcomes, that would be pretty good in my book.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostYou make it seem like the universe of students that you are talking about us large when the truth is you are talking about is a small handful. What you are really just talking about is what you imagine you MIGHT do, the reality is you don't know what you would do because you are not going through it and are just feeding parents your wishful thinking.
Colgate/Fordham ( limited $$) vs. Middlebury/Carnegie Mellon (soccer and playing time)
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostYou make it seem like the universe of students that you are talking about us large when the truth is you are talking about is a small handful. What you are really just talking about is what you imagine you MIGHT do, the reality is you don't know what you would do because you are not going through it and are just feeding parents your wishful thinking.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostFalse, false, false.
Soccer can make the difference. The recruiting information regarding the NESCAC is well-known. It is clear that recruits are given advantages in admission.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostShhhhhh. The D3 crowd hates the Ivy comparison. Makes em uncomfortable. Now cue the chorus of how much better D3 is academically.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostWe're going through that right now. In fact that is what most of the kids will be going through. Let me through a real-world example out...
Colgate/Fordham ( limited $$) vs. Middlebury/Carnegie Mellon (soccer and playing time)
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