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    Which school/program would you choose? If you were looking for:
    Financial Aid/Grant package (Canadian without much money)
    Best value you for your money
    Great Education (Pre-Law/Legal Studies)
    Good honest coaching and without over-recuiting
    Safe campus with good housing
    Western Canadian Junior A player researching DIII programs for the 2011 season. Need some extra help with so many schools/teams to look at.

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    Re: Where would you go?

    This screams potential flame-fest.
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    • #3
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      Based on the criteria an arguement could be made for most, if not all schools in Division III.
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      • #4
        Re: Where would you go?

        The SUNYACS give a good bang for the buck. I'm not sure how the Wisconsin State schools treat non residents. Same with the Mass. state schools. You may qualify for academic ar aid based on financial need at a private D III school. Go where you feel comfortable and try and get some independent info about the program other than the recruitment schpiel.

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        • #5
          Re: Where would you go?

          Originally posted by BCGuy View Post
          Great Education (Pre-Law/Legal Studies)
          I'd start with that. Any particular area of Law that he wants to get into? You can get pretty creative with this, like going for an engineering degree in undergrad to prep yourself for IP law.

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          • #6
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            Originally posted by Henry View Post
            The SUNYACS give a good bang for the buck. I'm not sure how the Wisconsin State schools treat non residents. Same with the Mass. state schools. You may qualify for academic ar aid based on financial need at a private D III school. Go where you feel comfortable and try and get some independent info about the program other than the recruitment schpiel.
            Mass State Schools -- if you're not from the Commonwealth, you're on your own.

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            • #7
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              For me it would be UW-River Falls. They are by far the best DIII hockey program in Wisconsin (staying in Wisconsin would be important to me as long as I could end up with a competitive hockey program), and the western part of the state is a great location. Its kind of in a central location to the twin cities (Minny/St Paul), Madison and the northwoods of Wisconsin (it would be easy to head up north for a weekend of snowmobiling, ice fishing and pond hockey in the northwoods of Wisconsin).
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              • #8
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                Originally posted by GoBucky36 View Post
                For me it would be UW-River Falls. They are by far the best DIII hockey program in Wisconsin (staying in Wisconsin would be important to me as long as I could end up with a competitive hockey program), and the western part of the state is a great location. Its kind of in a central location to the twin cities (Minny/St Paul), Madison and the northwoods of Wisconsin (it would be easy to head up north for a weekend of snowmobiling, ice fishing and pond hockey in the northwoods of Wisconsin).
                I understand everything you're saying with location, but the best DIII program in Wisconsin? Er... no.

                BCGuy, start with academics. Find a school with a/the program you want, as well as some versatility with other programs if interests change.

                After you narrow that down, think about location, aid, quality of the hockey team etc. But the foremost thing is the education, at least in my opinion. All the rest is secondary.

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                • #9
                  Re: Where would you go?

                  Depending on what type of law you want to go into you don't need to look for a pre-law program. Most of the time a Public Justice or Poli Sci program can serve as a good base for going to law school for civil or criminal law. If you're looking into patent law then an engineering program is where you'll want to look. Definitely start going through some websites and look at some academic reviews, maybe try to get a list of schools you'd like to look further into then assess what you want out of it athletically.

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                  • #10
                    Re: Where would you go?

                    Originally posted by GoBucky36 View Post
                    For me it would be UW-River Falls. They are by far the best DIII hockey program in Wisconsin (staying in Wisconsin would be important to me as long as I could end up with a competitive hockey program), and the western part of the state is a great location. Its kind of in a central location to the twin cities (Minny/St Paul), Madison and the northwoods of Wisconsin (it would be easy to head up north for a weekend of snowmobiling, ice fishing and pond hockey in the northwoods of Wisconsin).
                    River Falls is not the best hockey program in Wisconsin. Location in relation to the Cities is good. But St. Norbert, Superior, Stout and Point have been the top teams to look for in recent years
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                    • #11
                      Re: Where would you go?

                      Originally posted by Henry View Post
                      The SUNYACS give a good bang for the buck. I'm not sure how the Wisconsin State schools treat non residents. Same with the Mass. state schools. You may qualify for academic ar aid based on financial need at a private D III school. Go where you feel comfortable and try and get some independent info about the program other than the recruitment schpiel.

                      Superior gives most international students the TAP waiver, which covers 85% of their out of state tuition costs, meaning that they would pay a little bit more than in state tuition, but not the full out of state. I think Stevens point has a very similar program.
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                      • #12
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                        Originally posted by gojackets View Post
                        I think Stevens point has a very similar program.
                        UWSP might have at some point back in the day, but not anymore -- unless it's something that has gone into place very recently, which I highly doubt.
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                        • #13
                          Re: Where would you go?

                          If you're planning on going into law I'd suggest considering a school with a strong history, political science, economics or public/criminal justice program depending on what type of law you'd like to pursue. Pre-law isn't really necessary at all. In the SUNYAC I'd suggest academically Oswego, or Geneseo. Oswego has strong history, poli-sci and public justice programs, and while I think Geneseo is overrated, it is still a good academic school.

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                          • #14
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                            Best d-3 athletic I mean academic package, SNC and Norwich, no question about it.

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                            • #15
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                              Originally posted by one_to7 View Post
                              I understand everything you're saying with location, but the best DIII program in Wisconsin? Er... no.
                              Originally posted by StoutHockeyFan44 View Post
                              River Falls is not the best hockey program in Wisconsin. Location in relation to the Cities is good. But St. Norbert, Superior, Stout and Point have been the top teams to look for in recent years
                              Check the records from last season, UW-RF had BY FAR the best record.
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                              Originally posted by Timothy A
                              I know my distain of anything and everything related to IL or MN is totally insane, but that's me; you can't change the genetics.
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