No matter what anyone says, you have been through the college process with kids at least a few times and no doubt you have studied all of the issues related to kids on a path to be college athletes as much or more than anyone on this site. You also obviously have some name-brand clout.
So I am interested in what you think we should do with our 12 year old daughter who is, at least in my mind, a pretty darn good little player who likely will be good enough to play in college but I highly doubt will rate for the D1 level. She's on a top NEFC team and for the past couple of years she and a friend of hers have been battling back and forth for one of the outside mid starting spots. Even when she doesn't start she still plays at least 50-60% of every game as our coach (excellent btw) shares the time for the two outside mid positions between four similarly talented girls. She's also very smart -- not a genius by any means, but has tested out with an IQ at 136 and is tracking to be in the mix among the top dozen or so students in our very good metrowest public school system. We could send her to an ISL but we just haven't seen the need, at least not yet, and all of her siblings have done well by the public school system.
A little more background. Mom is a graduate of American and Villanova law school. She wasn't a college athlete. I went to Holy Cross where I played baseball and I have a MBA from BC. Our oldest, a son, is a senior at Northeastern, doing very well, but is not an athlete. Our oldest daughter is a sophomore at Middlebury and plays softball. I think she would have gotten in Middlebury or a comparable school anyway, but the softball definitely helped. And our other daughter is a freshmen at Union where she has a very healthy academic merit scholarship. She's playing field hockey but my guess is that she will drop that in the next year or two because the biomedical engineering program at Union is pretty tough and I think she likes to party a little bit.
What do you think we should do with our 12 year old? She absolutely loves soccer, loves her team, teammates, and coaches, and overall we've been pretty happy with NEFC. She has zero interest in talking about college. She's smart like I said and pretty mature, but she's 12. My sense based on being a pretty tuned in parent and having gone through the college deal three times already, and talking to others who seem pretty objective, is that our daughter at a minimum should be a very solid to possibly very good D3 player. There are 3-4 girls on our NEFC team who clearly are the kids most would consider to be the possible D1 prospects. I know my kid is at least a half-notch below those players.
What do you think we should do? She's having fun and getting better every year. We're not wealthy, but we can afford the cost. I admit I get annoyed at some of the "extras" that drive up the cost a little more than seems reasonable, but it's manageable and other than that I do wish we could have a few more normal family vacations. Do you think we are wasting our time? Should we see how the next couple of years go? Since she is a smart kid who probably will rate for a good D3 as far as soccer goes do you think her chances would be good to still play at a good to very good D3 if she drops club?
Any help will be much appreciated.
So I am interested in what you think we should do with our 12 year old daughter who is, at least in my mind, a pretty darn good little player who likely will be good enough to play in college but I highly doubt will rate for the D1 level. She's on a top NEFC team and for the past couple of years she and a friend of hers have been battling back and forth for one of the outside mid starting spots. Even when she doesn't start she still plays at least 50-60% of every game as our coach (excellent btw) shares the time for the two outside mid positions between four similarly talented girls. She's also very smart -- not a genius by any means, but has tested out with an IQ at 136 and is tracking to be in the mix among the top dozen or so students in our very good metrowest public school system. We could send her to an ISL but we just haven't seen the need, at least not yet, and all of her siblings have done well by the public school system.
A little more background. Mom is a graduate of American and Villanova law school. She wasn't a college athlete. I went to Holy Cross where I played baseball and I have a MBA from BC. Our oldest, a son, is a senior at Northeastern, doing very well, but is not an athlete. Our oldest daughter is a sophomore at Middlebury and plays softball. I think she would have gotten in Middlebury or a comparable school anyway, but the softball definitely helped. And our other daughter is a freshmen at Union where she has a very healthy academic merit scholarship. She's playing field hockey but my guess is that she will drop that in the next year or two because the biomedical engineering program at Union is pretty tough and I think she likes to party a little bit.
What do you think we should do with our 12 year old? She absolutely loves soccer, loves her team, teammates, and coaches, and overall we've been pretty happy with NEFC. She has zero interest in talking about college. She's smart like I said and pretty mature, but she's 12. My sense based on being a pretty tuned in parent and having gone through the college deal three times already, and talking to others who seem pretty objective, is that our daughter at a minimum should be a very solid to possibly very good D3 player. There are 3-4 girls on our NEFC team who clearly are the kids most would consider to be the possible D1 prospects. I know my kid is at least a half-notch below those players.
What do you think we should do? She's having fun and getting better every year. We're not wealthy, but we can afford the cost. I admit I get annoyed at some of the "extras" that drive up the cost a little more than seems reasonable, but it's manageable and other than that I do wish we could have a few more normal family vacations. Do you think we are wasting our time? Should we see how the next couple of years go? Since she is a smart kid who probably will rate for a good D3 as far as soccer goes do you think her chances would be good to still play at a good to very good D3 if she drops club?
Any help will be much appreciated.
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