As an aside...if my daughter wants to major in a particular major, especially something that is very challenging like engineering...and the coach tells her "we do not allow that here" why in God's name would I ever consider that school as an option.
Nobody is going pro in this thing so parents need to stop acting like they are. College should be an academic decision (in the context of your financial abilities). Lacrosse should be a distant second.
This is not football or basketball...there are no million dollar contracts awaiting our daughters for lacrosse. And I view that as a glass half full, not half empty. We have the luxury of making an academic decision and that is great.
You say it as if your daughter has the option of going to Duke, Princeton, Northwestern, Penn, Stanford etc.... As if she were recruited by these schools and offered a spot. Are you saying that you would advise against one of these schools in favor of one of the "academic schools".
The vast majority of girls playing at the schools listed were probably not heavily recruited by the schools regularly ranked in the Top 20-30 for lacrosse. Many of which are highly ranked academically as well.
