<p>As an incoming college freshman, I am wondering which is the best option for me. I want to have the coaches and seriousness of D1 athletics (Track and Field, Northeastern University) but my academics are my primary concern. Would there be a significant dropoff in seriousness and coaching from D1 to club? If I were to go into D1, I would be walking on with a decent shot of making the team.</p>
<p>Basically, I don't want to affect my academics if I don't need to, and if the effect is serious enough, I would be willing to sacrifice in quality of sport. Anyone that has been in a similar situation or has good knowledge of the topic?</p>
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yes
Only you can answer this.</p>
<p>@i<em>wanna</em>be_Brown
Thanks. The first answered the second for me partially. My bad, I thought I layed out the correlation on what I think is best for me in the OP. Basically, its a time taken out of academics (missing classes for meets in particular) v quality decision. You answered the first, but not the second which is needed for me to decide. Do you have any idea or does it vary from school to school?</p>
<p>How much class you’ll miss is something only people on that team can answer. For example my D1 sport (which I think has competition structures similar to track) didn’t require I miss a single class. There are also conference differences too. For example ivy league basketball is only friday/saturday night in contrast to most (all?) other D1 conferences. You should try posting in the northeastern forum or contacting the coach.</p>
<p>What event in track is crucial…if it is distance then the coaches will most likely make you run practices in the fall with the cross country team (usually 90 miles a week). And or a few meets. Sooo with that said practices will usually soak up a lot of time that could be spent working on homework.</p>