BIG thanks!
Super helpful and insightful stuff. A few pieces of omitted info.
- We are not paying the lacrosse recruiting service. It was clear that it wasn’t going to pencil out for us, especially at this late stage.
- She is a bit all over in terms of academic interests. She has done really well with her math (AP/ACT test scores) but definitely seems to lean towards liberal arts. Her latest plan is becoming an attorney (I know, I know.)
- Parent contribution would be 20k. We had told both of our kids 15/year but her brother got a very generous merit award at his college (he is a junior next year) that allows us to go up to 20/year without loans.
After re-reading this entire thread, it sounds as if there is little connection posters can draw between playing lacrosse and potentially receiving additional merit aid. This makes sense and was what we expected, honestly. The comment from the meeting with the recruiting service about colleges increasing offers based on what other schools are in the mix was what we wanted to “fact check” and I think we pretty much solved that. Thanks to everyone. Very kind.