You can't discount how socioeconomic status impacts "where kids end up." As long as you are in the elite lacrosse universe, where you go to high school (too often based on socioeconomic status) matters a lot.
Comparing clubs based on where players go lacks an understanding of how college admissions works. You could be a full pay kid with decent grades from a top academic school and admissions offices would be happy for you to pay the full freight and sit the bench. Congratulations! You "made" it!
For all the parents out there who can't pay full freight, find a top academic high school with a strong financial aid program. That's the path.
There is no guarantee for financial aid or playing time at these huge lax high schools. Quite the opposite. They have unintelligent parents paying full boat, or close to it, to buy into the big bloated lax programs.
Your kid’s best bet is to go to a team that is smaller lax-wise and currently building and spending money on lacrosse. In AA county that’s Spalding or St Mary’s, in Harford County that’s John Carroll and in Baltimore County that is currently St Paul’s.
MSJ, Severn, and Gilman just aren’t spending on lacrosse while McD costs a ton and is awfully picky.
