Hi,
We’re in NC. We have a list of about 30 schools that she would fit into the athletic recruit profile and she is in the top of the pool for accepted student’s academics, thus making it easier to get merit. We’ve had some conversations with schools like Wesleyan and Washington and Lee etc but they do such little aid and/or are sooo competitive they really are reaches and my daughter understands this. We’re not looking at many D2 schools, although she’s talked to a couple who are local. We’ve been doing studying for the ACT/SAT already. She has a tutor she meets with 1x a week that works on that. We do have help with recruiting from her club. It’s the nitty gritty merit aid part that is outside the wheelhouse of most club recruiting staff. I do know that looking at getting $30k or so in merit aid is a lot so that is why we’re concentrating on schools where she would be at the top of their academic pool. So we’re looking at mid-level LACs. Schools like St Lawrence, Skidmore, Rhodes, Macalester etc. All of these schools do offer generous merit aid to qualified students. As I said, we also have some reaches as well but are realistic about the possibility of not getting the aid we need. We have some safety state schools where she could play club but they are all D1 she is not D1 material (height/athleticism -she’s a volleyball player).