Bates v Bowdoin v Colby

Mastadon
Fri, 11 Jan 2013 17:31:20 +0000

A friend’s D was recruited by Mid for womens soccer and is doing well there. Not sure I can add much to the above posts on that front, other than to encourage you to spread your net a little wider because different coaches can emphasize different attributes based on their preferred style of play and what their positional needs are at a given point in time. If you have a preferred style of play, you may want to view a game to see how you would fit in.

I also want to put another plug in for Wheaton. A reason why it has a low profile is that it was an all girls school up until the late '80s. It has undergone a major transformation in the intervening years, but academic rankings tend to be about 30 years behind the times.
They don’t have a huge endowment, but they are spending their money in the right places.
Their recent academic track record probably outshines many of the schools on your list.

“In recent years, Wheaton has enjoyed an outstanding record of student achievement. The college produced 18 national scholarship winners in 2005, including its second Rhodes Scholar in five years. Since 2000, more than 40 Wheaton students have won national scholarship awards, including the Truman, Fulbright, Madison, Watson, British Marshall, Goldwater and Rotary International scholarships. Wheaton is one of only a handful of liberal arts colleges in the country to have produced two Rhodes in recent years. The college also was named a Truman Foundation Honor School for its focus on Truman Scholar candidates and students interested in pursuing careers in public service.”

They also have a cross registration program with Brown University, which you probably won’t use, but Brown does not partner with just anybody.

You didn’t mention what your planned major was, but every school has relatively stronger and weaker majors, so that should factor into your decision as well.

Go for the best fit in both in the classroom and on the soccer field.

Best of Luck, you will do fine