<p>DS is 6'5", Middle Hitter. He's good but not D1 material. Any thoughts on what schools would be super interested in him? Commended PSAT, 33 ACT, 4.7 UW, 5.3 W GPA
Lots of EC's, Mock Trial, Wind Ensemble, Jazz, NHS, etc</p>
<p>anybody???</p>
<p>He’s a strong student… what does he intend to study and where does he prefer to be geographically? I’d probably target some lower-ranked DI voleyball programs, and some academically respected DIII and DII programs.</p>
<p>[Colleges</a> and Universities Sponsoring Men’s Volleyball | USA Volleyball](<a href=“http://usavolleyball.org/resources/men-s-and-boys-growth/men-s-and-boys-attachments/colleges-and-universities-sponsoring-men-s-volleyball]Colleges”>http://usavolleyball.org/resources/men-s-and-boys-growth/men-s-and-boys-attachments/colleges-and-universities-sponsoring-men-s-volleyball)</p>
<p>Well, the question would also be what the main objective is: Does he primarily want to play in college? And/or does he want to use his volleyball skills to get a boost in admission to an academically very competitive school (that may otherwise be a reach)? In that case, look at the selective schools that offer men’s volleyball AND are athletically not super competitive. Here are the rankings:
1 Southern California
2 UC Irvine<br>
3 Stanford<br>
4 BYU 220
5 UCLA 201
6 Long Beach State<br>
7 Lewis<br>
8 Penn State<br>
9 Pepperdine<br>
10 Ohio State<br>
11 Cal State Northridge<br>
12 UC San Diego<br>
13 Loyola-Chicago<br>
14 Pacific<br>
15 Harvard </p>
<p>Princeton and UCSB aren’t even ranked, so I’d say to contact UCSB, Harvard and Princeton.
For D3, look into MIT, NYU, Vassar, Stevens Inst. of Tech.</p>
<p>Thanks for your replies 
He is thinking Business and eventually either Law School or Medicine… he flip flops.</p>
<p>I think he would go anywhere if the pkg. was right ( school and $$). I do realize that there are few athletic scholarships for B. Vball, but schools can be creative with academics, etc., right?</p>
<p>So a hook works for admission into a selective but not necessarily money, is that correct?</p>
<p>Well, it depends on the school. The ivy league, in particular, Princeton and Harvard, have excellent need-based aid (they don’t offer athletic or merit scholarships). Depending on your financial situation, it may be cheaper to go to Princeton than even in-state, so if his athletics are of interest to the coach, your son may get into an ivy school and, as all admits, get a very good financial package. For example, unlike other schools, HYP don’t count the equity in your home towards your assets and also allow you to subtract mortgage payments. Go to their web site and play around with the numbers.</p>
<p>What I don’t know is whether a school that does not offer athletic scholarships in Volleyball would be able to get creative with merit aid because he’s an athlete, or would he get the merit aid in any case?</p>
<p>The schools at the top of the volleyball ranking list may not be interested in him if his VB isn’t that great, but then, you never know until you contact them.</p>
<p>Thats excellent advice , will look at the Princeton info.
He’s first chair trumpet in Wind/Jazz also. Had a clinic with Wynton Marsalis last Sat -
just crazy!!</p>
<p>So maybe the trumpet/Vball/Academic angle is a hook?! will explore</p>