<p>i want to play basketball (women's) or possibly soccer in college, hopefully D1. i also want humanities (history or music) and sciences (physics or mathematics). i'm hoping there is some school which is very strong in all these areas. any suggestions?</p>
<p>i know, it's a lot to ask!</p>
<p>There are too many schools that fit your criteria for me to name</p>
<p>If you are going to play D1 sports, you would have been recruited by now (assuming that you will be a senior next year). Which schools have contacted you? It would be easier to narrow down from a list of schools which realistically would like you to play D1 sports for them.</p>
<p>actually i'm going to be a junior. i was thinking about UW (washington), UCLA, & maybe Stanford (reach). i know UW is likely (also in state), but UCLA & Stanford maybe not. one thing is i'd like to stay in the west, hopefully northwest. i'm willing to stretch that, though.</p>
<p>UCLA, USC, and Stanford would be great choices</p>
<p>OK, thanks for the help! Do you know any more calis that would be good? (im prone to them- maybe it's the weather...)</p>
<p>Oh, U Cal-Berkeley is also a D1 school with an amazing academic reputation. My fault for excluding it</p>
<p>resteroni ... terrific set of schools ... from the athletics end these are top tier schools. </p>
<p>Stanford women's basketball is always in the top 10 ... UCLA women's soccer is national championship level. Most likely if you are likely to be able to play for these caliber teams you would already know you will be heavily recruited by them ... you generally need to be an all-american or close to it and be on regional or national AAU/ODP type teams ... those programs are that good! I'd suggest talking to your HS and club coaches to get their perspective on how you fit in at the college level. What are your athletic goals? Are a US level player? Would you be willing to be a non-scholarship sub at UCLA/Stanford? Would you rather start at a lower level DI program? Or a DIII program?</p>
<p>There are bunch of threads on college recruiting in CC and I'd suggest you check some of them out. There are a bunch of students and parents more knowledge about athletic recruiting than I ... if you provide more details about your performance level up to now (honors, clubs, etc) and the level of recruiting so far ... than I'm sure you'll receive much more focussed and helpful replies.</p>
<p>Yeeeeahh. . .there's a difference between playing DI and being on the team. The schools you listed, unless you're an All-American, you probably won't be playing for, I don't know if they limit walk-ons (I know Stanford doesn't for certain sports, such as cross country/track) but the odds that you'd "play" aren't very good unless you meet the criteria everyone already mentioned.</p>
<p>Don't just not give D2 schools a chance. You oftentimes get more playing time but it's still a competetive atmosphere and they can be a good alternative unless you're headed for the pros</p>
<p>celebrian, I think you mean DIII. DII doesn't get much discussion on these boards. DIII is Williams, Wesleyan, Chicago, NYU, Emory, Western State et al</p>
<p>You may want to check out West Coast Conference (WCC) schools such as Gonzaga, Pepperdine, Santa Clara, the University of Portland, and the University of San Diego (USD). They may not be as strong academically or athletically as some of the schools already mentioned (i.e., Cal and Stanford), but they certainly have good reputations and their basketball and soccer programs are Division I.</p>
<p>:)Thanks, everyone. Yeah, I'm not sure if I'm good enough for these teams, either. Personally, I'd rather be a starter on a good team than be a sub on the best team. But, I'd still like at least a good team. I would talk to my HS coach but i just switched schools. My club coach however seems very enthusiastic towards top teams. Mostly I would like to keep playing competitively.</p>
<p>Also academics are very important!</p>