NESCAC Spoken Here:

[IndySceptic]

@Franklynn was referring to conversations from this thread:

Straddling the high academic D1/D3 line?

I am interested in hearing from parents and/or students who have navigated the academic D1/D3 line during athletic recruiting. My junior TF/XC son has been reaching out with success to a variety of mid/high athletic D3 schools (UAA, NESCAC, NCAC etc) and has had lots of good interactions with coaches so far. He has recently had some PRs that are pushing him further into consideration for Patriot League (and maybe higher?) D1 territory. I want to support him for whatever he wants (both athletically and academically) but feel a bit ill equipped for this transition! I’d be interested in hearing from those who looked at both types of schools and learning what was the determining factor in where you ended up ultimately.