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D1 vs D3: From a Parent's Perspective

Re: D1 vs D3: From a Parent's Perspective

OnMAA said:
Notfromaroundhere, as per usual most of your comments are spot on and very informative, however, as a parent of an Ivy student, and having seen and heard about players academic challenges at those schools, take issue with some of your comments. You said "if you try hard it is very difficult to get bad grades at an Ivy".....Aware of several players from two different ivy schools, that are struggling big time in class. The Ivies with their small class sizes and support systems will work hard to avoid this, but the students still have to achieve to merit the grades. This is definitely the case at the school my D is at. At her school, kids are challenged hard in many ways to think outside the box. This was a real struggle during the first year adjustment period, and not all students come out of it successfully at the end of year one.
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Good points and appreciate the personal perspective ... but I think it should also be noted that there are some schools that are more "athlete friendly" than others, and programs within schools, and individual professors, as well. A student does well to "shop around" to check the reputations of the courses and professors.

I would add that this has been observed at all levels, from lower grades to high school, prep school, and collegiate ... not just the Ivies....
 
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unofan said:
Was not an athlete, but at least at Dartmouth, the traditional "gentleman's C" was up around a B when I was there (the median grade for most classes was a B+). It was fairly tough to get a solid A absent a natural aptitude for the subject, but it was equally as tough to get a D or an F. You had to actively try to get either of those, by not doing any work, listening to any lectures, and skipping midterms/finals.

Also, FYI, to matriculate is to begin one's studies, not complete them...
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Agree with this--from what I understand at all the Ivy's based on many students I know of, its very hard to get an A unless your genius material, as the marks are belled; similarly though, if you put in sufficient effort B range grades are not especially difficult. It is pretty hard to fail (or get Ds)...which is why the graduation rates are in the 95%+ range, much higher than non-Ivy schools.
 
Re: D1 vs D3: From a Parent's Perspective

cali,

notfrom has excellent advice, I met him while he was doing the touring,

and wow not, she is sophmore now, time flies,

cali, as the canadian who went the scholarship route with a spring signing, sometimes the answer comes later in the year, as you are talking to all the schools make sure the program and academics are a good fit with your daughter, ask questions of other parents about the same program.
 
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notfromaroundhere said:
Interesting Place for me to jump off into my personal opinion (I'm sure my generalizations will offend a couple) of which kind of schools should appeal to which kind of hockey playing student-athlete. Here goes...
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Thank you for your opinion. I enjoyed reading it. I have a couple of follow up questions that are more personal. How do you send a private message?
 
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SlewFoot said:
Thank you for your opinion. I enjoyed reading it. I have a couple of follow up questions that are more personal. How do you send a private message?
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Unfortunately, the USCHO forum administrators have disbled private messaging from the software. You can leave a private message about the length of a tweet by clicking the little start symbol in the lower left hand corner of one of my posts that will be labeled as "add to this user's reputation" when you float over it. You have do this to a lot of other posts for a lot of other users before you can do it to another user again, unfortunately. You have also disable the ability for forum members to send you email, so you cannot send me email (mine is enabled). Of course when you send an email via this forum, your personal email is sent to me for my reply. If you wish to enable your email in your profile and send me an email, I will be happy to answer questions.
 
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Justamom said:
cali,

notfrom has excellent advice, I met him while he was doing the touring,

and wow not, she is sophmore now, time flies,

cali, as the canadian who went the scholarship route with a spring signing, sometimes the answer comes later in the year, as you are talking to all the schools make sure the program and academics are a good fit with your daughter, ask questions of other parents about the same program.
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Thanks justa,

I agree that there has been some great advice given. My D has lots to think about and hopefully there is lots of choice for her. We, as a family, feel pretty comfortable that our D will be able to land at a D3 school and that may be the perfect fit for her. Stoney Creek is this weekend and things should prgress after this weekend. There are a couple of official visits scheduled as well in October so we'll see. I'll keep the forum posted and will continue to ask questions when they arise.

Thanks again everyone.

Cali
 
Re: D1 vs D3: From a Parent's Perspective

Good luck best advice i can give is find the right education fits then work on the money side. You will be surpised at how some scholls have many programs available to students and some have virtualy none. It's all about the degree the schools offer a wide selection of campus sizes and shapes after school consider living situation city or town large student body or small. She has to live there for 4 years. when she picks a small group of schools that fit those needs work the money side i would bet if she has a list of 4 or 5 that appeal to her there will be at least one or two that the money makes sense.
 
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