Australian Student - Please Help

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hey Everyone!</p>

<p>I'm an Australian student hoping to come over to the States to study this Fall! I'm hoping to come on a soccer scholarship and luckily I have some offers. The two main offers I'm considering are Goldey-Beacom College in Delaware, and AIB - College of Business in Iowa. </p>

<p>Both seem like acceptable schools, so I'm fine on that front. The only two issues I have are the soccer and the locations. AIB is in the NAIA and came second in their conference to the side who won the Nationals... and they wish to become national champions very soon. Goldey-Beacom claim to have only had money to invest in their athletics this season and hope to be competitive for the first season in a long time. They are in the NCAA Div II. From what I have read it seems NAIA is about equal to Div II/III... Is this true? Could anybody give me some insight into this by any chance?</p>

<p>Regarding the locations... Living so close to Philadelphia and New York is almost irresistible, but do college student-athletes really get that much time? Would it be a waste to turn down a school in Des Moines to live 2 to 3 hours from New York? Any help on this side would be really great!</p>

<p>Regarding college, I'm tossing up my decision based on three things... Academics, athletics, and the overall experience.</p>

<p>All input is appreciated no matter how great or small! Thanks!</p>

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<p>I suggest you re-post in the Athletic Recruits sub-forum for the best chance at a response (<a href=“Athletic Recruits - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/athletic-recruits/&lt;/a&gt;). But my gut tells me that you won’t be happy playing soccer at a school that hasn’t been competitive in the sport. You won’t know the caliber of the rest of the team members, and who knows whether the program will actually get off the ground as planned?</p>

<p>These two colleges are very small, have limited offerings, and are relatively obscure, so I don’t think you’ll get much commentary on their academics or overall experience. How did you happen to find them?</p>

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<p>Thanks for the heads up on the sub-forum…just registered for the site today so was unaware. </p>

<p>I was signed by a program in Australia that markets students to American colleges and these were two of the better schools that popped up. The others were either DIII colleges or good schools in the middle of nowhere. </p>

<p>Thanks for your reply.</p>