<p>One more thing: Often, schools that have Equine Science programs have Equestrian Teams. That may be another place to start.</p>
<p>In Easton, MA, twenty miles south of Boston, barn is 10 minutes from campus</p>
<p>[Stonehill</a> Skyhawks](<a href=“http://www.stonehillskyhawks.com/sports/equest/index]Stonehill”>Stonehill)</p>
<p>Evidently Alfred University’s facility is a 5 minute drive from campus, the barn is heated.
AU has both Varsity & Junior Varsity teams for English & Western, plus a Minor in Equine Studies. The schools they compete against are Cazenovia, RIT, St. Lawrence, Nazareth, and Oswego, according to the latest schedule. More than 40 University owned horses and scholarships are based on need only.</p>
<p>I noticed that a gal who will be a freshman at Cal Poly SLO (where my daughter will be going) is bringing her horse to school with her.</p>
<p>[Clubs</a> - Animal Science Department - Cal Poly](<a href=“http://www.animalscience.calpoly.edu/current_students/clubs.asp]Clubs”>http://www.animalscience.calpoly.edu/current_students/clubs.asp)</p>
<p>So many of the schools with equestrian teams seem to be either super-selective (Cornell, Brown, …) or not-very-selective. I don’t recognize all of the schools suggested on this thread, but there don’t seem to be many in the somewhat-selective category.</p>
<p>Any suggestions for schools with say a 50th percentile SAT of somewhere around 1900-1950?</p>
<p>TKsmom - If your D wants to try and get on a NCAA riding team in college she has to register for the NCAA Clearinghouse I believe as a junior. My D is just finishing her sophomore year and we will be visiting schools next year as she wants to ride huntseat equitation at a NCAA D1 school. D has friends currently competing for Texas A&M and Fresno State and has another friend going to Texas Christian to ride for the team in the fall.</p>
<p>My D is spending some time this summer looking at schools with good IHSA programs in case she does not get into a NCAA school to ride. She will not be majoring in equestrian studies. She is interested in journalism, communications, english or history as a major.</p>
<p>showmom85- I would be interested to hear what schools you visit and your thoughts on the various programs. At this point my D is saying she does not want to go away to college. As a soph I know things might change. We are about keeping options open.
I ran into a Mom at the market yesterday whose D is a college jr. She went to a horse oriented boarding school back east for HS and was jumping 3ft 6. Her D felt the univeristy programs were not competitive enough. She ended up at a school in Manhattan and is presently not riding.
Schools such as Cornell and Brown will not be on my D’s radar. She is not anywhere near that caliber of a student. I also don’t think she will want to go clear across the country for school. At this point she doesn’t like to even go to a sleepover.
A few weeks ago we did a visit to Cal Poly SLO and looked at the horse boarding area. My D didn’t feel a connection with Cal Poly. We were passing through the area so did not have a tour. Just looked around.</p>
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<p>Sure. Lafayette, Lehigh, Bucknell, Dickinson, Franklin & Marshall, Gettysburg, Juniata, Villanova, Bard, Skidmore (IHSA champion team for 2010), University of Rochester, Colgate, Connecticut College, Bates, Colby, Smith, Mt. Holyoke, Boston University.</p>
<p>These are some of the schools from Zones 1, 2 and 3 of the IHSA. Not sure what area you are looking for. If it’s another area, just post it and I will see what I can find.</p>
<p>My friend’s D will be attending Bates college in ME and she is planning on joining their equestrian team. It’s a small LAC which competes with other schools in the New England area including Dartmouth, Colby, Middlebury, Bowdin. These are all rather selective schools. There is also University of Vermont which is a state school in a beautiful area of Burlington VT, however probably one of the more expensive for OOS. Another state school which has facilites right on campus is the University of New Hampshire, located about an hour from Boston MA and 25 minutes from the beaches of ME.</p>
<p>My friend’s D will be attending Bates college in ME and she is planning on joining their equestrian team. It’s a small LAC which competes with other schools in the New England area including Dartmouth, Colby, Middlebury, Bowdin. These are all rather selective schools. There is also University of Vermont which is a state school in a beautiful area of Burlington VT, however probably one of the more expensive for OOS. Another state school which has facilites right on campus is the University of New Hampshire, located about an hour from Boston MA and 25 minutes from the beaches of ME.</p>
<p>It is great when you list if the school has facilities on campus.</p>
<p>Not a parent but just saw this thread. As a rider, I do know that Centenary in NJ has a solid team. University of Kentucky is pretty good and Auburn has a great team. I know Auburn offers riding scholarships. Maggie McAlary got a free ride at Auburn for her riding, and I have a close friend who just got a pretty substantial scholarship. Those guys are some of the best Junior riders in North America though.</p>
<p>I’m from the midwest, so these might not be in the area you are looking for:</p>
<p>D’s classmate received a scholarship to Oklahoma State University (which is out of state for us) to be on their equestrian team</p>
<p>Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri has an equestrian program</p>
<p>Also if you can note if you know how competitive the team is and if all who want to ride are given the opportunity.</p>
<p>mom60 - The colleges with the NCAA D1 equestrian programs are now quite competitive. As was noted above Maggie McAlary is at Auburn and has won junior equestrian finals. My D’s friend that rides for a NCAA team was already doing jumpers at 4’3" when she went to college as well as the 3’6" eq and hunters and finds the teams to be very competitive and many have top ranked riders. She also got the chance to ride at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, Florida this past winter for her college. They took the top ranked kids from all of the NCAA schools and they rode against each other in the same type of competition they do at college. D’s friend made it to the final 4 and Maggie McAlary won.</p>
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<p>Centenary and UK are in the IHSA. Centenary was the national champion team last year and tied for reserve champion team this year. Great equine program, but the academics are not stellar. UK was the reserve national champion team last year and had a strong showing this year as well.</p>
<p>Auburn is an NCAA varsity equestrian team. I don’t believe they have an IHSA team. Varsity equestrian involves top level riders for both hunt seat and western. IHSA has riders from beginner walk/trot all the way to open medal/maclay riders in the hunt seat divisions and from beginner to open in western.</p>
<p>Here is the NCAA varsity equestrian website link with the participating schools: [Varsity</a> Equestrian - The Official Site of NCAA Varsity Equestrian](<a href=“http://www.varsityequestrian.com/index.html]Varsity”>http://www.varsityequestrian.com/index.html)</p>
<p>Here is the IHSA website - not sure if it shows what schools are members [Intercollegiate</a> Horse Show Association: Home](<a href=“http://ihsainc.com/]Intercollegiate”>http://ihsainc.com/)</p>
<p>Campus Equestrian lists participating IHSA teams by their location (zone) [Campus</a> Equestrian: Information, including results, stories and archives from the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA), ANRC, USA Equestrian, USET, rated shows,riding academies, horse trainers and all things riding-related](<a href=“http://www.campusequestrian.com/]Campus”>http://www.campusequestrian.com/)</p>
<p>kitty56, thanks for the list in post #48. My D is only a freshman, so we’re not in any hurry to select colleges yet, and I don’t actually know what her SAT scores will end up being. But it is still helpful to have some schools to keep in the back of my mind, to notice when they come up on CC or elsewhere.</p>
<p>It really depends on what your daughter is looking for in a team. Tons of schools have equestrian teams, but they vary so much, from little club teams with very few people to the large varsity teams, plus you need to think about whether your daughter is competitive enough and jumps high enough for the NCAA or if she’d be happy doing IHSA.</p>
<p>I ride for an IHSA team that’s considered varsity by the school and the school pays for everything, it’s great…no show fees, no lesson fees, school pays for the horses, school pays for transportation to the show and food at the show, etc… Everyone lessons twice a week, there are 10-12 shows a year (not everyone gets to ride at every show), we also have required workouts. The time commitment will vary by school. I also have my horse at school (at a different barn from where the team rides). I always have time to ride him, lesson on him twice a week, and showed him throughout the school year on weekends when I didn’t have team commitments.</p>
<p>If you have specific questions about the differences between IHSA and NCAA or just about riding in college in general, feel free to PM me, I’m happy to talk about it.</p>
<p>Several of the replies noted that a specific college had on campus facilities that were open to students who wanted to board, and I expect to also participate in competitive equestrian events.</p>
<p>I’m familiar with the Red Barn at Stanford as one such facility. Are there others somewhat equivalent ones?</p>
<p>Some schools that have barns on campus or have their own facilities off campus:
Hollins, Sweet Briar, Mount Holyoke, Smith (I think), UMass Amherst (I think), Goucher, Cazenovia (not on campus, and they don’t offer much boarding for students if any), Centenary, Findlay, Skidmore (off campus, though I think they offer a shuttle there), St. Lawrence (off campus), Lake Erie, Sewanee (I think), St. Andrews, Virginia Intermont, Cornell.</p>