Does St John's Country Day recruit players?

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The girls win the state championship every year so I assume they actively recruit?

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Players interested in private schools are going to be attracted to schools with top teams.

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Players interested in private schools are going to be attracted to schools with top teams.

But not all can afford it. Do they offer scholarships?

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But not all can afford it. Do they offer scholarships?

Probably call it financially aid or assistance.

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Probably call it financially aid or assistance.

All private schools provide a combination of the following: financial "need based" aid, academic scholarships, fine arts scholarships, and work study (parent works, student studies). None, I repeat, none provides athletic scholarships!!!

What you see is the best players playing in a state soccer final. What you don't see, is the parents working their tail off at night cleaning classrooms, or the student earning national merit scholarships, or singing in the school choir, etc.

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All private schools provide a combination of the following: financial "need based" aid, academic scholarships, fine arts scholarships, and work study (parent works, student studies). None, I repeat, none provides athletic scholarships!!!

What you see is the best players playing in a state soccer final. What you don't see, is the parents working their tail off at night cleaning classrooms, or the student earning national merit scholarships, or singing in the school choir, etc.

Correct. No athletic $, Anything off the price is earned with academics or financial aid or other. As someone said if you're going to go the private route and you're a good player, the possibility of playing on a state championship team is a big draw. Happens in many sports and certain schools are known for the prowess in certain sports.

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Correct. No athletic $, Anything off the price is earned with academics or financial aid or other. As someone said if you're going to go the private route and you're a good player, the possibility of playing on a state championship team is a big draw. Happens in many sports and certain schools are known for the prowess in certain sports.

Call it whatever you like, the truth is the lines are blurred when it comes to athletics. If a school wants to recruit an athlete they just get creative with the financial aid offered.

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Call it whatever you like, the truth is the lines are blurred when it comes to athletics. If a school wants to recruit an athlete they just get creative with the financial aid offered.

Exactly!

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1 A is the weakest class to play in and easiest to win a state title.

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1 A is the weakest class to play in and easiest to win a state title.

I think SJCD could easily beat the 5A champion.

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I think SJCD could easily beat the 5A champion.

I think you might be right.

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I think you might be right.

Whatever

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Call it whatever you like, the truth is the lines are blurred when it comes to athletics. If a school wants to recruit an athlete they just get creative with the financial aid offered.

Very true. Trinity Christian, Bolles and others do the same thing with football team. Players get "academic" scholarships and they just happen to be fantastic football players.......hmmmm

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I think SJCD could easily beat the 5A champion.

It is interesting to note that a lot of the girls that go there don't even attend classes at the school. They take their classes online. Hard to beat that.

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For what its worth ... one of things I found to be very different when I moved to Florida several years ago from Maryland (where there are many, many private schools -- some as big as public schools -- most of whom take athletics very seriously and recruit athletes as has been described in this thread) was that the private schools were allowed to compete for State Championships against the public schools. Back in Maryland, private schools regularly compete against public schools during the regular season, but, because the playing field isn't level in that the private schools could "recruit" whereas the public schools could only draw from their neighborhood, the public and private schools have separate tournaments for championships; both of which are classified by size of the school. I don't know which system is better -- because of Maryland's system, you never really knew who had the best team (although the better public school programs usually played the better private schools during the season, so you had a pretty good idea) -- just making an observation.