Northeast D3 High Academic Public College?

Midwestmomofboys
Sun, 25 Apr 2021 13:34:43 +0000

As the parent of a D3 Men’s soccer player, I would recommend the OP and her daughter sort through the priorities in terms of soccer, cost, and school. So then, in terms of D3, is the priority merit money, to make cost of attendance more affordable? Recruiting, to get a student into a school with more competitive admissions that the student might not get into with coach support and ED application? Or, is recruiting just a way to narrow the field among possible schools as the student wants to keep competing and is looking for a program where she can play?

As mentioned, Conn Coll and Trinity College in CT both now give merit awards – though no D3 school can give merit awards for athletics. Some Centennial League schools in PA – Dickinson, Bryn Mawr and Muhlenberg give merit awards (though others, Franklin & Marshall and Haverford do not). Some Liberty League schools – St Lawrence, Hobart & William Smith – give merit awards, while others do not or do so only sparingly (Vassar not at all, Skidmore, some arts related merit, Bard seems to be tied to financial need). I don’t know the Landmark conference, but Susquehanna and Juniata are in that conference and I think they both give merit awards. If a family were willing to look to western PA and Ohio, then Allegheny College and Hiram College between Youngstown and Cleveland Ohio, might be of interest.

Another consideration is what role test optional may play going forward in admissions – if the OP’s student has a strong gpa, and schools of interest may still be test optional, then the admissions prospects may be more open.

Finally, the OP should head on over to the Athletic recruiting board where there are lots of experienced families with helpful advice about the recruiting process.