Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
There is a place to play for everyone. The bottom of D1 is like playing glorified HS ball. The top team in D2 and D3 treat their programs like a D1 team does. The bottom of all the divisions always have a place for athletes and walk ons so travel lacrosse isn't needed but don't fool yourself it is very very very hard to crack a decent program by not going the traditional travel route. All depends on what your kid wants.


Just not accurate . Not trying to knock any program or devision. But there is no comparison between programs like Maryland, Notre Dame, Duke, Virginia, Penn State, Syracuse, Ohio State, Michigan, Rutgers, Hopkins, Army, Navy. There are no DII or DIII programs that treat their teams like those schools do.


Agreed. If you think playing at Salisbury, Tufts, RIT, etc comes with the same perks as playing at a top D1 school you are fooling yourself.


Engineering degree at Tufts vs History/Criminal Justice degree elsewhere in top D1. Hmmm, it's a hard decision.


In the perfect world, I would agree, but for some families the cost of a school like Tufts is out of reach. While I realize that athletic scholarships are limited at D1 schools, a larger state university can offer academic money and grants more readily than a D3 school. The NESCAC schools like Tufts and Wesleyan are top tier academically, but they are much more expensive. That being said, many of the D1 schools discussed above offer a comparable academic experience, nobody is looking down on a degree from Notre Dame, Duke, Hopkins and the like, their names alone carry a lot of weight after graduation, and they have huge alumni networks. Bottom line is that everybody's situation is different.