- May 7, 2008
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My daughter plays in DIII.
1. D3 offers no athletic scholarships. Scholarship dollars are all academic. .... Technically there are no athletic scholarships but at some schools it can almost seem as there are. Most schools have "financial need based" schoalrships/aid and some level of "merit". It is very very school specific. So you have to research the school.
2. Isn't there a chance she could go to a D2 that is that same price as the D3, and get just as much scholarship money from the D2 as the D3? The only difference would be D2 is academic/athletic dollars and the D3 is all academic dollars.
If you are talented you can usually get more money at DII than DIII because they have athletic scholarship money and in most cases the DII schools are not as academically touch to get in and a top academic candidate will attract academic money in addition to athletic money. Coaches love top students at these programs because they can get them academic money and not use up there athletic money.
3 She is being contacted by one school already as a junior. Let's say she decides to go there...... Chances are if the coach is recruiting her hard she wants her. In DIII since they have no money the coaches "cash" is to show interest and recruit. Now reality is in DIII the student have to get in the school based on their academic credentials. Some DIII schools give the coach some "slots" to boost an applicants chances in the application game. Some do not. At some schools the coach is not even allowed to submit an recruit list to the admissions office.
Noting some of the other comments. Playing DIII is not as demanding as DI as far as time but it is demanding! Fall ball is shorter and more restricted but "captains practices" start immediately after and continue until the season starts. Most DIII colleges schedule their games on a more clustered regional basis during the season to reduce the time lost to travel. My daughters experience is that the time commitment during season excluding games and travel is about 18 hours per week. So add that to 4 weekend games, 2 weekday games and travel and its 50 hours a week. Off season is 3 two-three hour practices (she is pitcher they have extra hour) plus 3x per week in the weight room plus 2X per week out for a run - so a meager 15-20 hours per week.
1. D3 offers no athletic scholarships. Scholarship dollars are all academic. .... Technically there are no athletic scholarships but at some schools it can almost seem as there are. Most schools have "financial need based" schoalrships/aid and some level of "merit". It is very very school specific. So you have to research the school.
2. Isn't there a chance she could go to a D2 that is that same price as the D3, and get just as much scholarship money from the D2 as the D3? The only difference would be D2 is academic/athletic dollars and the D3 is all academic dollars.
If you are talented you can usually get more money at DII than DIII because they have athletic scholarship money and in most cases the DII schools are not as academically touch to get in and a top academic candidate will attract academic money in addition to athletic money. Coaches love top students at these programs because they can get them academic money and not use up there athletic money.
3 She is being contacted by one school already as a junior. Let's say she decides to go there...... Chances are if the coach is recruiting her hard she wants her. In DIII since they have no money the coaches "cash" is to show interest and recruit. Now reality is in DIII the student have to get in the school based on their academic credentials. Some DIII schools give the coach some "slots" to boost an applicants chances in the application game. Some do not. At some schools the coach is not even allowed to submit an recruit list to the admissions office.
Noting some of the other comments. Playing DIII is not as demanding as DI as far as time but it is demanding! Fall ball is shorter and more restricted but "captains practices" start immediately after and continue until the season starts. Most DIII colleges schedule their games on a more clustered regional basis during the season to reduce the time lost to travel. My daughters experience is that the time commitment during season excluding games and travel is about 18 hours per week. So add that to 4 weekend games, 2 weekday games and travel and its 50 hours a week. Off season is 3 two-three hour practices (she is pitcher they have extra hour) plus 3x per week in the weight room plus 2X per week out for a run - so a meager 15-20 hours per week.