Originally posted by Unregistered
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My daughter's club teammate had this same mentality and walked-on to a small college with a D1 program towards the bottom 1/3 of D1 rankings. The program is under-funded, in the middle of nowhere, and usually loses. She saw about 200 minutes of playing time in 2 seasons total and quit the team and transferred schools with the soccer piece. She was very unhappy the whole time but thought, "It's D1!" Meanwhile, my daughter went to a D3 where she played a lot and was able to do pre-med and study abroad. Both girls were CBs on their club team and my daughter played all 90 minutes whereas her friend would sub in at CB/OB.
We are going through the process again with our '22. She has 2 D1 offers with 25%-30% athletic aid at schools she believes she could be happy at. She has already said if she didn't get much playing time that it wouldn't be worth it. We will visit the campuses during Spring Break. However, she is considering attending our flag ship state school and not playing soccer. With Covid, she is re-prioritizing what she thinks she wants.. this includes a campus with a vibrant social scene. Unfortunately, D3 schools aren't on her radar because she does not want to go to a small school or a highly competitive academic school, and that is perfectly fine with me. It's actually cheaper for us if she goes to our state school.
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