My friends' son has three offers on the table. One is to a top ten team but for VERY little money and good school, one is for a much lower level D1 team, more money better school, third is for an academy.
Now, balance education with cost with lacrosse experience.....How the heck is a 15 year old kid supposed to make this decision? I played D1, he did not so he is looking to me for some guidance. I have none.
We went through the same thing except not an academy and he was the ripe old age of 16
1) top academics, OK lacrosse, no money
2) ok academic, good lacrosse, very good money
3) very good academic, very good lacrosse, OK money
at the end of the day my son chose what felt right to him (#3) - although probably a person should opt for the highest rated academics a lot goes into the decision and unfortunately money is a large part of the decision - he was thrilled with his choice.
good luck to you and your son on this difficult decision - could be a lot worse and that would be if he had no choices.
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