All things being equal, if he’s excited to play his sport, I would think about the relative travel commitments. Wesleyan mostly competes against New England schools so it’s generally an easy bus ride away. NYU, Chicago, and Case are much more dispersed so the competition part takes up a lot more time.
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Yes it is. I wasn’t favoring W&L. I was saying they’re so different - whichever side.
But to your point, it is subjective and maybe someone sees all as good.
Maybe they can look further at other things - like Greek life, and more as W&L is 75% but I know others say that’s misleading too
Then the final thing is - if CWRU is $125k less, does that matter to the family ?
Is there a reason you’re not saying what the sport is? There may be folks in here with insights into team culture, coaches, philosophy, etc., that could be useful.
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It’s a smaller sport with only a few recruits each year and I was trying to keep some anonymity for my son. It’s not mentioned often here. We’re not really worried about the sport. He has spent time with the teams and coaches and we have been to several matches and seen the coaches in action. His club coach has also been a good resource. We think all of the schools are good fits athletically.
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A lot to like about each of these schools/departments, and many pathways to IB. Among the LACs you mention, however, W&L>Wesleyan for IB. Its IB alum network is helpful and passionate.
I asked the question because Stern would hands down be the #1 recommendation for IB for a student who can actually get accepted there. NYU is so big and has so many other departments that he would seem to have a number of other options if he changes his mind.
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You’ve said your son has had positive prereads, which is great. Has he received any offers and given full support through admissions? Coaches often give way more prereads than they have offers to give so unless he has actual offers, you may be putting the cart before the horse. Can you clarify if he has any offers from the schools you’ve mentioned?
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While NYU commits very many athletes, very few of them get the ok for Stern. Are you sure?