<p>I know it would just depend which college I go to and what major I would be in, but I would like to hear some stories or comments in general. ^^</p>
<p>i guess i picked D3 because even though it is still competitive, it is not as "demanding" as D1 i suppose</p>
<p>I am thinking about majoring in business too.</p>
<p>oh btw, tennis FTW</p>
<p>Haven't done it myself, but I do know a couple people doing it. Even at D3, it's going to be extremely time-consuming and you'll have to have very good time management to do it, but it is definitely doable. Especially as a business major ;)</p>
<p>Compared to the D1 schools I was looking at, D3 is a breeze. I have time for school (4.0 so far this semester), pledging at a fraternity, and sports at the same time. I'd say time commitment is about 2 hours a day.</p>
<p>It is not hard at all. If you played a varsity sport in high school, you shouldn't have any problems with the workload playing a D3 sport.</p>
<p>thank you guys a lot for the info</p>
<p>goldshadow- may i ask what school you attend?</p>
<p>D3 players are still competitive though right?</p>
<p>Depends on the sport I would think. My experience is with the NESCAC schools. D3 schools do respect that you are a student first, so for example, my son's practices never started until the last classes were done in the afternoon. He did have daily practices for 2-3 hours, team meals, team lifts, pregame workouts early on Sat morning for example. Sundays they were required to play intramural basketball solely as a teambuilding exercise. Away games required long road trips with a game on Friday night (often leaving early on Friday and missing a class), staying over in a hotel. game Saturday afternoon and a long drive back to campus on Sat and getting back 11pm or so.</p>
<p>His sport is quite competitive, some of the athletes actually go on to play in the minor leagues and in Europe</p>
<p>One more thing, His coach enforced nightly team study halls in season for all freshmen and those with a GPA less than a 3.3. As I understand it this is common for many schools in the NESCAC</p>
<p>How competitive a D3 team is has a lot to do with the conference the school plays in. There are D3 conferences that are just as tough as some D1 conferences. </p>
<p>Yes, roughly the time commitment ends up being about 2 or more hrs a day (NCAA rules say you have to have one day off out of seven, but the other practices can always go longer), but you have to add travel time for away games, extra time for tournaments, etc.</p>
<p>(Sorry, MomofaKnight - my connection is really slow today. Didn't realize I was repeating some of what you said, because your post hadn't appeared for me.)</p>
<p>I'm on a D2 swim team and it is fairly easy. Just an hour morning workout and two hours in the evenings. Meets on the weekends and not that much traveling. Overall, I had MUCH more time leftover to do work than I did on my demanding club team in high school.</p>