I rather my daughter look at D3 schools to still play soccer but also have a life outside of soccer and enjoy the entire college experience. Any school recommendations that have a good D3 programs as well as great academics ??
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I meant about soccer. You said "I rather" which is great, but what does she want?Originally posted by Guest View PostComment
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When you say "not in a city", I assume you mean not something like NYU, which has no real campus to speak of, right? Some of these recommendations below are associated with cities, but have actual campuses so it's not really an in-the-city college experience.
Johns Hopkins University
University of Rochester
Washington University
Tufts University
Amherst College
Williams College
Wesleyan College
Bowdoin College
Colby College
Bates College
MIT
Carnegie Mellon University
Wellesley College
Brandeis University
Pomona College (or any of the Claremont-associated colleges)
Hamilton College
Swarthmore College
Haverford College
In NJ, these may not be considered "Great colleges", but they are reasonably good colleges to also consider:
The College of New Jersey
Montclair State University
Rowan University
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If also considering in a city, NYU and U of Chicago are great schools with good soccer programs.Comment
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All excellent choices, in addition while the Ivy leagues play D1 they are run very similar to D3 because of the demands of academics.Comment
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assuming the kid has the academic horsepower - how difficult is it to make the squad at the VERY low acceptance rate schools like Amherst/Williams/Wesleyan? Does the kid need to be a top of the roster player at a top of the table MLSn or ECNL team? Can mid roster MLSn or ECNL players make these squads? (asking about the boys side)Comment
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Good lord Ivy's don't have the market cornered on academics.....Only a self-important Ivy grad thinks that.Originally posted by Guest View PostComment
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Not really re: Ivy League. The travel demands alone make the time commitment much more challenging for the players. Most Ivy League programs won't recruit players who want to major in STEM or pre-law majors because of the time commitment. A number of the Ivies have national team players from other countries on their rosters, so those programs are probably run far more rigorously than even the most rigorous D3 programs.Originally posted by Guest View PostComment
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This is anecdotal, but I know a kid who was a middle-of-the-roster MLSn player who got recruited to Tufts, but once he got there barely got any playing time and eventually quit the team. Tufts men's program is pretty strong as far as D3 programs go.Originally posted by Guest View PostComment
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Others to add to the list:
Emory University
Vassar College
Trinity College
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I disagree, the Ivy’s are very cognizant of the demands as compared to most D1 programs and i will call BS on their recruitment of STEM and pre-law (which was my daughter’s major). These are all discussed during recruitment to show the balance of soccer and academics. Each recruit on a visit gets assigned to a soccer team member to show them how it works. When you say probably that means you don’t know but are assuming or guessing. But don’t just take the word of an anonymous TS poster you should have your daughter attend an Ivy clinic and ask/see for yourself.Originally posted by Guest View PostComment
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Other than the typical self-important Ivy commentary, nothing you stated is beholden only to an Ivy league team.Originally posted by Guest View PostComment
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I find that D3 schools tend to specialize in one field of study (not all of course), maybe if you say what area (or general direction) your daughter wants to go. Like if she wants to be a teacher and be at a top d3 soccer school (and she is qualified for both), The College of NJ would be a great choiceComment
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