D1 Women's Soccer Top 10 all New England

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They are missing the upper middle class kid, too much income to get need $$ but not enough to spill $70k/yr on the floor.

Which describes many NE families - they make too much for FA (due to high cost of living) but not enough to afford college. Hence the increased angst over soccer scholarships.

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No one cares about BC except those who are there.

When Flutie was there, folks watched.

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When Flutie was there, folks watched.

30+ year ago.

I liked em better when they were fixing games.

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30+ year ago.

I liked em better when they were fixing games.

haha that was before the boston globe articles.

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They are missing the upper middle class kid, too much income to get need $$ but not enough to spill $70k/yr on the floor.

You could argue that it's these upper middle income kids that make up the vast majority of ECNL and now DA rosters. If you accept that premise, then it's probably true that the Ivies will continue to be outbid by the other D1 conferences for the same types of players.

A talented player who is both interested and academically qualified for ivy admission may face a decision whether to pass up one or more tempting scholarship offers from other schools who can move earlier, and make verbal commitments faster than the Ivies. With few exceptions, Ivies need to see ACT or SAT scores that meet their criteria, so unless your kid is very academically advanced, it's unlikely they will be equipped to score high enough on those tests before late soph or, more likely some time in junior year. By that point, most of the other D1 programs are long since done with kids from that graduating class, and have moved on to looking at freshmen from two years down.

If you do stick it out and have the academic chops to get admitted to an Ivy, the FA package can be very good, depending on your family finances. Ivies policy is to meet 100% of demonstrated need, which they do from their large endowments. So if you're not rich, that can work out being the functional equivalent of a 50% or better athletic scholarship from a non-Ivy D1. Your strategy should be based on a reasonably well calculated risk of gaining acceptance however, because if you put your eggs in the Ivy basket and wind up missing the boat academically, you probably end up with no real shot at finding significant athletic money elsewhere because it's long since been doled out to other players.

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You could argue that it's these upper middle income kids that make up the vast majority of ECNL and now DA rosters. If you accept that premise, then it's probably true that the Ivies will continue to be outbid by the other D1 conferences for the same types of players.

A talented player who is both interested and academically qualified for ivy admission may face a decision whether to pass up one or more tempting scholarship offers from other schools who can move earlier, and make verbal commitments faster than the Ivies. With few exceptions, Ivies need to see ACT or SAT scores that meet their criteria, so unless your kid is very academically advanced, it's unlikely they will be equipped to score high enough on those tests before late soph or, more likely some time in junior year. By that point, most of the other D1 programs are long since done with kids from that graduating class, and have moved on to looking at freshmen from two years down.

If you do stick it out and have the academic chops to get admitted to an Ivy, the FA package can be very good, depending on your family finances. Ivies policy is to meet 100% of demonstrated need, which they do from their large endowments. So if you're not rich, that can work out being the functional equivalent of a 50% or better athletic scholarship from a non-Ivy D1. Your strategy should be based on a reasonably well calculated risk of gaining acceptance however, because if you put your eggs in the Ivy basket and wind up missing the boat academically, you probably end up with no real shot at finding significant athletic money elsewhere because it's long since been doled out to other players.

true, but if you were close academically for the ivy's that they were continuing to court you and you miss out at the end, you are probably academically eligible for money from another school even if their soccer money is gone. if you're a really good player and a really good student, most schools will find money for you.

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Nothing to add to this thread. Come on.

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If your child has an offer from an of the Ivy’s you would be foolish to pass it up. Only about 100 boys and girls each year get a shot at 1 of the 16 Ivy League schools. I would give anything for my kid to have that opportunity. Getting an admissions spot at one of the Ivy League schools is worth about 300 SAT points or 4 or 5 ACt points. Get the offer take it and kids set for life and probably playing at a better conference than almost everyone but the power 5

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What constitutes an offer from an Ivy? Honestly they are notorious for not backing up even pre reads with admissions letters so you might be advised to retract your post. Not saying an ivy isn’t great, they generally are, but if you are the type of player that one IS going to bend their AI to fit in (think all American level) you will also have solid financial offers from major soccer programs because of your soccer ability and they’ll be comparable academic institutions because of you obvious brains. Those offers will come in a full 2 years before an Ivy will even offer a pre read. More important though is if you aren’t that All American player but still someone that an Ivy desires you become a jig saw piece in a very complicated puzzle that is a high risk venture. Lots of stories to be heard about Ivy recruits never getting the promised admissions support and only learning that it wasn’t coming until Senior year.

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Major soccer programs with average academic standing. If you are that good the Ivy League will get you in. I have not heard of 1 kid not getting the support after it was offered.

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Major soccer programs with average academic standing. If you are that good the Ivy League will get you in. I have not heard of 1 kid not getting the support after it was offered.

There is a player very high up on the top 50 list from NE Journal posted earlier who was "committed" to any Ivy and didn't get in and had to scramble late and ended up at top program.

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Major soccer programs with average academic standing. If you are that good the Ivy League will get you in. I have not heard of 1 kid not getting the support after it was offered.

Ask around. There's a father of a girl on the BC hockey team right now that will tell you a tale that will make your blood boil.

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There is a player very high up on the top 50 list from NE Journal posted earlier who was "committed" to any Ivy and didn't get in and had to scramble late and ended up at top program.

Committing to an Ivy is a misnomer. No clue why anyone would even mention it unless they have been guaranteed admission.

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Ask around. There's a father of a girl on the BC hockey team right now that will tell you a tale that will make your blood boil.

Hey my kid was rejected from a top D3 and ended up scrambling. It worked out but man it was a sh** load of stress and could have ended badly. I get it. I totally get it.

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What committed player got screwed ?