Yep, lots of great advice so far. Sorry in advance for the long post, but just want to circle back to your original post re: the Claremonts. Like another one of the posters, one of our kids was heavily recruited by both PP and CMS for a different sport (eventually picked Pomona and had a LAX roomie). While kid was recruited in 10th and 11th grade by D1s, she decided late 11th grade to shift focus entirely to selective D3s (she wanted to do things in college that would have been difficult/impossible at a D1). So, kinda late in the D3 game like you, but as someone else mentioned, we found that west coast coaches seem to run a little late in recruiting - and even if an east coach at a selective school had been tracking a HS player for a while, when they faltered in their classes, the coaches needed to find an academically eligible replacement. While LAX teams at both PP and CMS have All-Conference/State/Americans, club champs, they also both have “mere” high school players on their rosters. That being said, I don’t know how much help the latter received during admissions. Financially, it sounds like we were in a similar boat to you so we also compared merit/need aid at 4 of the 5Cs: CMC does have a few substantial merit scholarships (and last year infamously told 300+ admitted students that they had received one of them - when there were actually only 8 of that particular award available). Scripps had the most merit with - we were told - about 25% of admitted students receiving it. Practically speaking, Pomona doesn’t do merit, and Pitzer’s is extremely limited, but Pomona’s and CMC’s need-based aid ended up being roughly ≥ the athletic scholarships that many of her HS/club teammates seemed to get at D1s. So yeah, definitely run the full NPCs for all. Like others have said, start filling out recruiting forms, email coaches, and shy away from paid recruiting services. But, this late in the recruiting process - at least for our kid’s sport - we found it essential to have a highlight video to link in the coach emails. Finally - and can’t stress enough based on the experience of several of her HS/club teammates - if things do work out LAX-wise, urge your daughter to pick a school as if she were to have a career-ending injury during the first week of practice.
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