<p>CTCL Colleges that Change Lives by Loren Pope (but I still vote for test optional schools and seriously rethink soccer or play at a club level</p>
<p>Well good news. Many more schools have been contacting our son but the most interesting thing is that I was a W.L. Gore Associate for 25 years and our founder graduated from Westminster, UT. The Business School is named after Bill & Vieve Gore who I had the honor of knowing before they passed. Greg is pretty excited and the coach called him today. Thank you for reminding us of Westminster. He went kicking and screaming just to look at the website and reviews but now that he has opened his mind he likes it. We aren’t Mormon so he thought it would not be a place he’d want to be.</p>
<p>If S will consider Northeast/Midatlantic, there are schools that are good academically and are in strong soccer conferences: Centennial Conference and Liberty League. They have merit aid, too. I’m familiar with Union, Gettysburg, Ursinus, Dickinson, all of which have good reps in each of those regards. Bowdoin, a NESCAC school, is need-based aid only and much harder to get into even if test-optional.</p>
<p>“Another thing I am thinking of is that OP should disregard the Scoccer stuff and concentrate on the merit scholarship, which is much important. When we disengage a D3 sports from the acadamics, there are many more options. D3 sports normally do not associated with merits anyway.”</p>
<p>Spoken like a parent whose child is not an athlete.</p>
<p>^^outside the CC short list of colleges, there are a whole bunch of schools that give away way more athletic money than academic money. It’s just a different kind of “merit”. Even though my kids aren’t the kind of athletes who will be competing in college (well, at least I know the oldest one won’t be), I don’t think the OP should forget about soccer, either.</p>
<p>San Diego,mom, our state-ranked goalie ended up at Chapman college. Had decent grades, but I would guess similar test scores to your son. Seems very happy there, and I know they offer good merit aid. Good luck! (I have a goalie son too–need to stick together!)</p>
<p>FWIW, here’s a long list of test optional colleges:</p>
<p>[Optional</a> List | FairTest](<a href=“http://www.fairtest.org/university/optional]Optional”>ACT/SAT Optional List - Fairtest)</p>
<p>Cross-referencing this list to D3 schools and schools that offer Merit aid should yield some good possibilities. Good luck…</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>Don’t usually “test optional schools” use test scores for merit awards?</p>
<p>If you look outside the west coast, there are many good, liberal arts colleges that play good D3 soccer and are more affordable. Just noodling around websites, I saw Carthage College in Wisconsin. Tuition, room and board for this year is $38,000, and, with your son’s grades and ACT scores, he’ll get an $8000 a year scholarship. Tuition, room and board at St. John’s College in Minnesota is $42,000, and with your son’s grades and ACT scores, he’s eligible for a scholarship of between $4000 and $10,000 a year.</p>
<p>There are many more solid schools in the south and midwest which should be good options for him, and would allow him to play D3 soccer.</p>
<p>Chapman University is an excellent suggestion if he gets merit there.</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>Chapman awards scholarships based on GPA and test scores. An ACT 24 is in the bottom 25% for Chapman. Very unlikely any merit money from them.</p>
<p>OP…wasn’t there a college that you mentioned months ago that would give your son merit? I think I remember a Christian college…Lutheran maybe? Can’t remember.</p>
<p>we don’t qualify for any need based aid (EFC 99K) but we can not afford 50K per year.</p>
<p>How much can you pay each year (if I missed this, I apologize.)</p>
<p>You mentioned that your son refuses to practice anymore for exams and that a CC is out of the question. I think it’s time for a “come to Jesus” meeting. </p>
<p>Maybe he thinks you won’t let him go to a CC or that you want him to play soccer, and therefore he thinks that you’ll cough up the money if necessary. If that’s not going to happen, then he may need to accept that soccer at an affordable school won’t happen.</p>
<p>Does he thoroughly understand that you can’t pay more than X amount? Does he understand that if an affordable soccer school cannot be found that it won’t happen and he may end up at a local CSU or CC if he doesn’t get higher scores?</p>
<p>If he is willing to consider the Pacific Northwest, some of the schools of the Northwest Conference might be a good option. Pacific, Pacific Lutheran, and Linfield seem like possibilities off the top of my head. Linfield in particular is worth investigating as their COA is lower than many of the other schools and they give excellent merit aid.</p>
<p>“If you can walk away from years of playing soccer and still love to just go out with your friend and kick the ball around…then it was all worth it.”</p>
<p>“If you look outside the west coast, there are many good, liberal arts colleges that play good D3 soccer and are more affordable.”</p>
<p>"If he is willing to consider the Pacific Northwest, some of the schools of the Northwest Conference might be a good option. Pacific, Pacific Lutheran, and Linfield seem like possibilities off the top of my head. "</p>
<p>How did THIS thread get away from me?</p>
<p>Any black kids on here?</p>
<p>Bookmarked…</p>
<p>Hi mom2collegekids!</p>
<p>Hi Shrinkwrap!</p>
<p>lol 4.1 GPA with a 24 ACT that school must be like kindergarten or something.</p>
<p>Thank you for the great comments. He is open at this point to looking in a broader geography. He did remove CC from his schools. The coach said they wanted him but he wouldn’t be able to get in with the test scores. He is applying to Linfield. Has visited and now it’s back on the list and he started the app. today. His current list is: U. of Puget Sound, Whitworth, Azusa Pacific U., Linfield, Goucher, Concordia - Austin, TX, Skidmore, UT Dallas.
Not sure I understand the comment about “that school must be like kindergarten or something?”</p>
<p>SDiegoMom…</p>
<p>We know that you have a super high EFC.</p>
<p>BUT…how much can you afford to pay each year? If we knew that, we’d be able to better come up with schools that will accept him AND will be affordable.</p>
<p>Some people are suggesting schools that will still cost $25k-40k per year after merit. If that is very unaffordable, then please let us know. :)</p>
<p>BTW…how did he do on his October SAT? Scores are out now.</p>
<p>He will get merit aid from Cal Lutheran and Linfield. He is being recruited by both of them</p>
<p>What happened with Cal Lutheran (If I missed it, sorry. )</p>
<p>[Eckerd</a> College | Types of Aid](<a href=“http://www.eckerd.edu/admissions/finaid/aid.php]Eckerd”>http://www.eckerd.edu/admissions/finaid/aid.php)
^Have you heard of Eckerd College in Florida? Your son’s stats put him in the Dean’s Scholarship range----renewable $12,000/yr.</p>
<p>[Eckerd</a> College Athletics](<a href=“http://www.eckerdtritons.com/index.aspx?path=msoc]Eckerd”>http://www.eckerdtritons.com/index.aspx?path=msoc)
^here’s their men’s soccer link</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.mcdanielathletics.com/sports/msoc/index[/url]”>http://www.mcdanielathletics.com/sports/msoc/index</a>
^another suggestion: McDaniel College in Maryland.</p>