Gilman will be a relevant program again and some of the improvement will be organic. I don't think they will be able to compete with the boarding schools - BL, McD, CHC - but kids considering those schools will begin to look more favorably on the likes of Gilman and SPS knowing they won't be recruited, and then be recruited over. There are plenty of kids currently at BL and McD who are so bitter and unhappy that they have been recruited over. That dissention will show in the locker room and on the field. The sit for a year rule should apply to kids incoming from out of conference. If it doesn't, then the current MIAA kids should be able to move without sitting a year.
I have a 27 (9th grader next year). Should i not consider BL because of recruitng?
Does the coach know of (and want) your son to come play for him? If he’s local does he play for and start and stand out on a team in the HoCo elite division? If not that’s fine. JV or freshman team is a nice option.
If you are from texas, Florida or wherever and are considering BL - if you aren’t locked in at this point go somewhere else if you want to play.
True of all the schools for incoming, non-holdback 9th graders (and most holdbacks too)...........With the fool amount charged for tuition, even if there's a family legacy at a particular school, it's important to find the right fit...including spending maximum time with the coaches, current HS players, teachers, and on campus before he decides.
Nobody goes to BL for academics strictly (ironically over half the kids don't play a sport...which is atypical for the other schools), but they have a strong reputation for sending well balanced, high level athletes to pretty prominent academic-focused D1 colleges. Maybe that's your son?
But for all the MIAA A-level lax schools......unless your kid is a STARTER on a top 4 HoCo club team, he'll be in the applicant "mix"......assume a 25% chance of admission. If he's the starting FOGO for 91 Nationals, that's worth some extra mileage. Just a 3rd line player on Team 91, Predators, Sidewinders...?....all the same and a non factor.
If your kid absolutely is burning with desire to play varsity all four years, that's a key data point.
If your kid has always dreamed of that blue and white, blue and yellow, or shiny red helmet, and doesn't care whether he's on fresh/soph, JV, or varsity until some point in 11th grade, that's important to know too.
If your kid has less than a 3.5 at a private school, or a 3.8 at a public school, that's a key data point.
Does your kid need resources - from athletic trainers to tutors to actual school therapists? Different at all of the schools.
In the academics, extra curriculars and sports your kid finally settles into at any of the private schools, if there's a decent fit, he will have brothers for life. No joke. Especially if it's competitive and challenging....many prep school lax kids find HS academics more difficult than college.
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