good academic schools with varsity lacrosse

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<p>Could someone igve me a list of good academic colleges with a varsity lacrosse program? i don’t really care about school size.</p>

<p>my GPA is 3.5 right now (i’m a sophmore and my school uses a 7 pt system), i’m 74th in my class out of 215 i think. freshman year i had most 90’s sophmore year i have 93’s on average. by next year i’ll probably have 96-7’s in most of my classes. i didn’t work hard freshman and i’m starting to work harder little by little. i’ll be taking 4 APs next year and 4 senior year i think. My school’s ranked 124 by newsweek i think.</p>

<p>I haven’t taken any SATs yet. I’ll take SAT I at the beginning of my junior year and SAT II Math II and Chem and Bio.</p>

<p>My PSATS this year, I got a 197. I bombed the last section because I was so beat because I didn’t sleep much. I had 700 on my math and 670 on the critical reading and 570 on writing skills (the one I bombed)</p>

<p>EC’s… hmm.</p>

<p>I guess I had math league freshman year, didn’t make it this year, and i’ll make it junior and senior year i think. </p>

<p>Umm… I’ve been in Key Club since freshman year. i’ll probably run for office senior year? i was a bum and didn’t run this year for my junior year.</p>

<p>I started lax freshman year, JV this year and freshman year and i’ll probably start junior and senior year. I’m gonna be going to recruiting camps the summer after my junior year.</p>

<p>Volunteer Hours
VBS-20 or so hours a year
Eastside Charter Mentoring program-4 hours a month? 8 times a year i think
Mission Trip to the Dominican Republic-168 hours per year
Some other stuff I think but I can’t remember much.</p>

<p>I’ve played cello for 7 years now. I’ll have mad all state orchestra for 3 years (projected) including this year, junior, and senior year.</p>

<p>My extracurriculars aren’t strong at all I know. What kinda extracurriculars do i need?</p>

<p>Also, how much can coaches help me with admission/financial aid?</p>

<p>I searched the forums a decent amount but I was a bit overwhelmed by all the information so i’m making my own thread.</p>

<p>Sorry if I messed up or violated any rules</p>

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<p>Obviously depends how good you are. Are you UVA/Hopkins/Cornell good?</p>

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<p>Nearly all of the top schools in the east have at the very least a varsity lax team and many have top programs in the country. Off the top of my head you have Duke, Cornell, UNC, UVA and Hopkins at the top of both the US News and NCAA Lax rankings for men. Northwestern also has one of the best womens teams in the country, but they don’t have a mens team. All of the other Ivies have solid programs as well.</p>

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<p>by senior year, i’ll probably good enough enough for low level d1 or mid level d3. </p>

<p>And I meant good academic schools that I have a chance of making</p>

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<p>Binghamton, Stony Brook, UVM, Villanova, UMass, Penn State, Rutgers, Ohio State, Penn, Dartmouth, Harvard, Yale, Providence, Colgate, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh, Tufts, Ithaca, RIT, Wesleyan, Gettysburg, Kenyon, Haverford, Dickinson, Swarthmore, Ursinus, F&M, Williams, Bates, Bowdoin, Trinity, Amherst Middlebury, Colby, Oberlin, Denison, Wooster, W&L, Babson, MIT, RPI, Vassar, Union, Hamilton, Skidmore, Clarkson, St. Lawrence, Emerson, Colorado College, Conn. College.</p>

<p>That’s a pretty extensive list.</p>

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<p>Four schools have dominated the NCAA Lacrosse Championships the last 15 years: Princeton, Hopkins, Syracuse, UVA. No other school has won an NCAA Championship aside from those four schools since 1992.</p>

<p>The other Ivies have strong programs (as noted Cornell is especially strong this year and Brown is usually pretty strong as well though they’ve had an off-year) The exception is Columbia which doesn’t field a lacrosse team (since the mid-90s IIRC).</p>

<p>Other top programs: Duke, Notre Dame, Navy.</p>

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<p>but how many of those schools do i have a realistic chance of making?</p>

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<p>Anywhere in the Northeast is basically going ot have lacrosse. The best schools tend to have the best teams. If you really want to play go to a little liberal arts college.</p>

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<p>The first thing that came to my mind was duke…then i remembered the whole rapeing incident…</p>

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<p>ditto… LOLLL
Big fan of 'em… Go Blue Devils LAX!!! </p>

<p>Sike</p>

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<p>I assume you are a guy which is too bad because the girls programs are growing in number and they need varsity athletes for Title IX purposes. For guys, given your academic level, you might want to look at U Delaware. They are on their way to the Final Four this year.</p>

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<p>EMAIL COACHES NOW.</p>

<p>But for most DI programs, if they haven’t contacted you, they don’t want you. At a public school, they can push you through a lot and give you money for athletics. But most private schools, as a policy, will not give you athletic scholarships.</p>

<p>See who wants you, and then work around it. The top 10 schools already have their kids. They had them two years ago. So try a second tier school, where you may get to play more. Or a DIII school.</p>

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<p>i want to email coaches but i have no clue where i want to go or where I have a good chance of being accepted so I dont’ know which coaches I should talk to</p>

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<p>Look at USMMA, Kings Point. OK D-III LAX</p>

<p>Service Academy, free tuition, room, board, books and uniforms. in exchange for 8 years in the maritime industry and an 8 year reserve commitment, or 5 years active duty in any service, including the NOAA Corps.</p>

<p>You will have to get your grades up a bit however.</p>

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<p>He wouldnt have a chance at UDel…</p>

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<p>Do you play on a competive team or only school? Travel teams give you much more exposure. Need to be at all the summer tourneys to really be noticed. Or your HS couch has to make some calls for you.</p>

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<p>Duke, UVA, UNC, Cornell, and JHU all come into mind when thinking of schools in this category</p>

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<p>i only play school but i’m gonna try out for club this fall and i’m going to go to recruiting camps the summer before my senior year</p>

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<p>If you don’t have a criminal record, Duke :)</p>

<p>Besides, who wouldn’t want all of that free Duke Lacrosse merchandise?</p>

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<p>My son has been through the process on the D-III level and I know many others who have been as well, both on he D-I and D-III level, including the highest level of D-I. First, if the coach wants you, your ability to be admitted to a school will change. It will depend on the school, but I know a kid with a B+ average who is going to play lax at a very elite D-I school (elite both academically and lax-wise). My son was borderline for the school that he is going to attend (the coach seemed pretty confident all the way). As a Soph, your search is premature, unless you are so good that one of the elite programs wants you and asks you to make a verbal commitment. Barring that, junior year is the time to be contacting coaches. By the way, my experience is that coaches can work more with low SATs than low grades. Your 3.5 will be just fine for many excellent schools if your application is “supported” by the coach…</p>

<p>Do you come from a school that is on the lax map? If not, it will be harder to be noticed. Many coaches are excited about the opportunity to gain a pipeline into a quality HS program and they love kids who practice with great players and who play a good schedule. As a junior, you will want to attend recruiting camps and events (throughout the year and especially in the following summer if you are looking at D-III). You mention low D-I or mid D-III, but there is a big difference. Keep in mind that only D-I and D-II can offer athletic sholarships (most likely not a full scholarship). The Ivys do not offer athletic money. Unlike what another poster said, private schools do indeed offer money (see Syracuse, Johns Hopkins, Georgetown, Duke, I could go on and on.</p>

<p>If you are intersted in D-III, take a look at laxpower.com and you will see the programs and their conferences and where they stand (it will also show D-I and D-II). The NESCAC is a great conference full of academically elite schools. The Centennial is also a great conferene with some fine schools. The Liberty is more of a mid-level league with excellent schools. There are many options. With many mid-level D-III schools, emailing the coach as a junior can be very effective, especially if the your HS program is prominent. You will want to make a DVD as a junior to give coaches and you will want to consult with your coach to see what he thinks and what he will say if a college coach calls him.</p>