Your daughter is very late entering the lacrosse recruiting process.
There are 3 kinds of scholarships: athletic, merit, and financial aid. For the most part, being a recruited lacrosse player only affects the amount of athletic aid she might receive. D3 schools (as well as Ivy League schools) do not provide any athletic aid. Also, many highly selective schools do not provide merit aid. I have heard of highly recruited athletes getting offers of both merit and financial aid, possibly from coaches working behind the scenes to entice a coveted player to commit.
At this point, many of the schools especially high D1 and D3 have already filled their spots for the HS class of 2023. Some D1 programs filled all of their 2023 spots by October of last year. I think most programs with openings have already identified who they are interested in and have created their rank list. A school like MIT might continue to look at prospects until the application deadline date because their admissions office shows very little preference toward recruited athletes. Anecdotally, West Coast D3 schools seem to be slower in recruiting than East Coast. The athletes that tend to get the most money are usually the ones on top of their rank list or commit early- there is only so much money that can go around.
Your best bet is to have your daughter directly reach out to the coaches of the teams she is interested in to determine whether they are still evaluating prospects and whether they can feasibly provide the aid that you are looking for. She should do it now. It would be great to be able to send them her highlight video, but what would be even better would be to attend their prospect camp > showcase (where they will be watching) this summer/early fall so that she can be evaluated in person while there is still time left to do so.
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