If you are looking at D3 with both strong soccer and strong academics, you will need to compete to get recruited and stay on the roster. Look at UAA, NESCAC and other individual schools with top soccer/academics...MIT, Hopkins, Swarthmore, etc. Lots of ECNL/GA players, not a lot of players from outside of those leagues. And D3 schools tend to have smaller budgets for sports, so the idea that D3 schools don't cut players is ridiculous.
Look at multiple colleges at different levels. Not everyone is meant to go D-1, but that doesn’t mean that you’re not a great athlete. You can still go to a terrific school that has an outstanding program. There is absolutely nothing wrong with D2, D3, NAIA or JC.
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