Women's soccer - any chance?

wilberry228
Fri, 12 Aug 2011 22:11:58 +0000

kdeng, D1 schools are the strongest in recruiting because they have the most impressive teams and they tend to be stronger both academically and athletically. All schools recruit, but the D1s (and ivies) will tend to be the ones on the radar of top athletes. They follow the players through various channels including college showcases, and databases of top players.

If you’re really set on ivy, you should definitely contact the coach. The ivies may not be as aggressive as some of the highly funded D1s (or maybe they are …?) but I know my friend today just told me that one of the ivies has already let her child know of their interest, even though her child is entering junior year. The reason that some of the elite players end up not going ivy is because of the reputation of some of the D1 teams, they feel that they will get farther in their sport if they follow that path. So in that case, they’re interested in going as far as they can with the sport, not necessarily in just using the sport to get them into an ivy. Also, they may want to go where they are possibly even getting a full ride, which is probably not going to be an ivy!

Hope that came out the right way! Good luck to you…