<p>I’ve been recruited to Brown’s women’s soccer program as a junior but I’m conflicted in saying yes because Yale has always been my number 1 top choice and if I say yes I wouldn’t have a chance to apply there (Yale). However, I can’t help but feel that at Brown, as a varsity athlete and as a member of the Brown community I’d have more resources available to me and really be able to get more out of Brown than as simply an undergraduate at Yale. I love the humanities and I want to stretch myself there while at college. I also want to spend as much one on one time with professors as possible. I don’t mean to sound pretentious in wanting to “hold out” for Yale, I just want to be sure that if I say yes to Brown I wouldn’t be closing the door to a better education. </p>
<p>I know nothing about athletic recruiting, but it seems to me before you say yes to Brown you should figure out where you stand with the Yale coach. If Yale is not interested in recruiting you, and your choice is between being a recruited athlete applicant at Brown or being part of the regular pool of applicants at Yale, I think the decision is pretty obvious. </p>
<p>However, if you think the education at Brown is inferior to Yale (based on what, I should ask – US News rank?), then I’d rather you not go to Brown. You will get an excellent education at both schools. The idea that you are “closing the door to a better education” by going to Brown just sounds incredibly obnoxious and if you really think that, you should cross Brown off your list. </p>
<p>Time out.</p>
<p>Athletes who are high school juniors do not give binding commitments to attend colleges. National Letter of Intent signing period is different for various sports, but the earliest time is November of senior year. In the case of colleges that are not part of the NLI program, such as the Ivies, the corresponding deadline would be November 1 or whatever the due date is for Early applications.</p>
<p>Also, for a junior in high school during early fall semester, I suppose it is possible for an Ivy Admissions Office to give a comprehensive pre-read of the application. Usually this process starts later, but it is possible, if not probable, for it to happen now.</p>
<p>As for the title of the thread, Brown lacrosse vs Yale undergrad, and the first sentence of the first post, I’ve been recruited to Brown’s women’s soccer program…well that’s why I originally passed on commenting. Seems like more than an inadvertent typo. The word “imposter” comes to mind</p>