<p>If interested in women's basketball-Holy Cross dominates the Patriot League having won every year but one-and thus the automatic bid to Div.1 NCAA. Also HC plays the best out of conference schedule of any smaller,academic school. This year Holy Cross plays both UConn and Duke with Duke playing at Holy Cross. Div3 schools like Williams and Amherst offer great academic but usually play in front of crowds that are limited to friends and family.</p>
<p>dstark,</p>
<p>you have to bring Mohammed to the mountain... We visited. And we also sent tape.</p>
<p>Re: timed sports. It is more cut and dry, but there is still a lot of "play". Coaches look for potential and also for what they need going forward. They may think one kid will be a better 10K runner in college than a miler, even though the kid was a miler in high school. A high school kid running low mileage might be regarded by one coach as not ready to step up to college mileage, while another coach might think that the kid could really drop his times if he ups the mileage. Does the kid get injured a lot? Can he handle three seasons? Is he finished growing?</p>
<p>condor, going back a bit, but just to reemphasize-- do NOT apply ED with the thought of getting out of it!</p>
<p>I had a peek at the regional ncaa D3 rankings (03-04) and noticed a few teams that are regionally strong (which means they care about the sport,) are known to offer merit aid (though no guarantee of getting any significant amount of it), and are considered excellent academic institutions.</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins
NYU
Rochester
RPI
Union
Trinity (Tx)
Chapman
Carleton (not sure about merit aid at Carleton)
Whitman ( ")</p>
<p>A few NESCAC schools appear-- need-based schools:</p>
<p>Bowdoin
Wesleyan
Tufts</p>
<p>DO NOT DELAY contacting the coaches (your D should email all who coach at schools that interest her with SATs, GPA, & relevant team info-- like tournament wins, all league honors, etc-- that will help them place her athletically.)</p>
<p>Many coaches have their recruits all picked out by now. Of course a newbie who shows up and has the "stuff" will get attention even now.</p>
<p>sbmom - thanks
yes, I agree completely. would be difficult to get an ED release.<br>
had a tape request from one of those schools on your listing. already in contact w/some others not on that particular list. know the drill (contact, complete questionnaire, send tape upon their request). have learned alot from you and several others here at CC. thanks so much!</p>
<p>condor30- One thing to remember (as my family is going through this process right now, too) is to be flexible. It is a changing landscape. S's perhaps-top school seemed to have lost interest- no contact for awhile. Email came today from the coach saying he is very interested and had been away. Schools will fall off and new ones will appear. SBMom can attest to that. I learned so much from those who have gone before and am meeting some neat new friends through this forum who are in the midst of this now.</p>
<p>MomofWC is right-- and this cuts both ways. Your kid can be the #1 recruit, till a new power forward walks in in November & <em>poof</em> there goes your auto-admit.</p>
<p>mowc and sbm:
yes....we've had the same thing happen w/renewed interest after long periods of time......that can be frustrating if the kids have started looking at other options and schools. many of you on here may have kids that have had to go through the ups and downs of the recruiting process.......a roller coaster, of sorts.</p>
<p>(see CC's "top LAC" list for the ballpark)</p>
<p>What is this? I'm new here.</p>
<p>gettinggold- it is the forum titled Top Liberal Arts Colleges.</p>