2019 Boys Soccer Verbal Commitments

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For most of the readers here the situation is
1. Student has between a 3.0 and 3.5 GPA (out of 4.0)
2. SATs are around 1300
3. Parents are upper middle class (ie no free tuition type aid)
4. No minority status
5. Kid is a good player (Academy to top NPL team)

What should the kid do?
Not an impact player for a top D1 school
Scores are not good enough to get into Ivy or top academic D3

A good D3 school is probably the way to go

Nailed it. I would add low D1 (i.e. ranked #135 or higher).

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Nailed it. I would add low D1 (i.e. ranked #135 or higher).

maybe consummate low D1s with good academics. For that I would say bottom 30 D1 because #100-170 move up or down every year. For example Princeton was ranked 150 last year but is 59 this year.

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maybe consummate low D1s with good academics. For that I would say bottom 30 D1 because #100-170 move up or down every year. For example Princeton was ranked 150 last year but is 59 this year.

good point, I was only looking at 2018

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Relevant to this discussion: https://www.nesoccerjournal.com/phil...mits-to-tufts/

Apparently he turned down D1 Lehigh for Tufts. Which makes sense.

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Phillip's Andover Striker Rolando Rabines commits to Tufts is the headline.

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Phillip's Andover Striker Rolando Rabines commits to Tufts is the headline.

Who cares another mediocre isl player they all go Nescafé sorry meant Nescac

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D1

Owen Schwartz, ?, Worcester Academy, Brown
Nick Awada, Bolts, Westford, Bryant
John Muckstadt, GPS, Dover Sherborn, Colgate
Eli Gould, Black Rock, NMH, Colgate
Nick Steed, Black Rock, Berkshire, Colgate
Jack Ostrosky, Bolts, Rutland, Holy Cross
Andrew White, Revs, Boxborough, Lehigh
Camden Blackburn, Revs, Ludlow, UMass
Christian Pulselli, Bolts, Pembroke, Michigan
Jacques Baldwin, GPS, Brookline, Northeastern
Colby Hegarty, Bolts, Nipmuc, Northeastern
Deng Deng Kur, ?, Berkshire, Northwestern
Tyler Freitas, Revs, N Attleboro, UVM
Jeremy Verley, ?, Milton, UVA
Nicholas Berghold, Black Rock, Berkshire, UVA


D3

Declan Sung, Bolts, Newton, Amherst
Michael Webber, NEFC, Rivers, Bowdoin
Jack Marvel, Liverpool FC, Tabor, Conn College
Justin D’Alessandro, FCStars, Middlesex, Hamilton
Minka Soumah, South Bronx, NMH, Kenyon
David McCrory, Black Rock, Berkshire, Kenyon
Jonah Johnson, Exeter, Milton, Swarthmore
Bryce Visnick, NEFC, Beverley, Tufts
Rolando Rabines, NEFC, Phillips, Tufts*

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Who cares another mediocre isl player they all go Nescafé sorry meant Nescac

Tufts is the #27 college in the country.

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Tufts is the #27 college in the country.

um... no Top 5 D3 school maybe

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um... no Top 5 D3 school maybe

https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges...l-universities

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https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges...l-universities

previous poster was talking soccer not academics

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https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges...l-universities

The jumbos should take off their pull up diapers and join d1. Seriously, it’s not Amherst or bowdoin. It’s an urban university with 5k undergraduates alone.

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The jumbos should take off their pull up diapers and join d1. Seriously, it’s not Amherst or bowdoin. It’s an urban university with 5k undergraduates alone.

You're correct that they don't fit with the rest of the NESCAC, since the other NESCACs are much smaller liberal arts colleges, mostly outside urban areas (excrept Trinity).

However, the conclusion that they don't belong in D3 is asinine. Tufts is quite similar to the UAA schools, which are all somewhat larger research universities in urban areas with excellent academics. There's no reason that schools like that have to go D1, and indeed the UAA has been the strongest league in D3 soccer over the last couple of years.

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Another consideration in the process for the top academic D3 schools. Many of these schools are relatively small (1500-2500 students, think Bowdoin, Colby, Amherst). The coaches place a major emphasis on academics coming in. As a coach told me, if someone cannot cut the academics, there is no place to hide academic performance given the school is small. Going to a larger D1 school offers both support but may also offer less stringent academic programs (in addition to challenging ones).

My son was recruited by lower level D1 (from a soccer perspective) and top level D3 (from a soccer perspective). In all cases he was looking for a top 100 academic program. Ending out taking the D3 route as it was the best fit for him both academically and for soccer. Soccer did help him get the attention of some schools he may not have otherwise - lots of kids do not get into these schools even with exception academics, but soccer helps

One last consideration is that if your son (or daughter) is looking to study in the sciences or pre-med, D1 is even more challenging. Time commitment for labs, research often will conflict with a D1 training schedule making it hard (not impossible) to do both.

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^^^ in addition to above, D1 commitments make doing study abroad and internships difficult as well.