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Does anyone know how common it is for out of state schools to waive the residency requirement to athletes? This in itself would be like a scholarship of sorts.

Uncommon. That decreased price is due to tax credit for being a resident. T is against the state legislative law to do so.

To late to play? no. To late to receive any athletic money ( in most cases)? yes.

To late to play? no. To late to receive any athletic money ( in most cases)? yes.

That's good information from Powder because the difference between in state and out of state is huge.

For the unrecruited juniors is it too late?
Lots of talk about early recruiting nowadays but not too long ago it was junior year when it all happened.

Any thoughts?

With the news of Sweet Briar closing how many other small schools will follow?
http://www.businessinsider.com/sweet-briar-college-closing-2015-3
Will it hurt the recruiting efforts of other small schools?

Here are some thoughts from a billionaire. I think he knows a little something a about economic trends.

http://www.businessinsider.com/mark...rce=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Yea now that Sweet Briar is closing it will be a domino effect in the recruiting world! I heard something about it on ESPN this morning!

who cares

who cares

Everyone should care. It's our government at work making college unaffordable for so many and putting taxpayer money on the line. No different from the housing crisis. I wonder if greedy university presidents will be to blame this time.

How does this relate to lacrosse? Just look at the time and money so many are spending to try and secure a scholarship to help defray the runaway tuition costs.

Very MSNBC! Relax and enjoy your kid playing some lacrosse.

Mark Cuban held back in 8th grade

Ahh yes, the intelligence in this forum is overwhelming. Enjoy the lax man.

It gave him a big advantage over the other NBA owners !! If he didn't reclass he might have had to buy the Knicks!

one of the previous poster was right...this is armageddon for lacrosse. sweet briar gave tons of full rides.

one of the previous poster was right...this is armageddon for lacrosse. sweet briar gave tons of full rides.

Obviously this story is not about Sweet Briar. It's about the collapse of the small college bubble that has started to collapse. Read the article. Maybe you'll understand you moron.

My recruiting experience with my daughter and her club team were excellent. She was given a 1 on 1 meeting with the club's recruiting coordinator, guidance all along the way in the form of emails, phone calls, bus tours, reaching out to coaches for her specifically, etc. The club also had a practice this winter where 15 college coaches just came to watch, I thought that was really awesome. The director and recruiting coordinator were more helpful and kind than I could have ever hoped for, and my daughter ended up finding a school that was the perfect fit for her. Very happy with our experience! The biggest thing we learned was to be proactive and make sure to stay on top of grades - it sounds obvious, but working on the SAT/ACT tests early definitely helped her in the end. The bus tour that our club set up was also key in her recruiting process. She was able to see 15 schools in 3 days, which is unbelievable. At each school the club had something set up with the college coach - a tour, a Q&A session, watching a game or practice..it was an exciting and educational experience. I have a son who is entering his "recruiting summer" and we have not had nearly as much guidance on that end, but hopefully it will turn around once we really start practicing in June.

Just heard a scary story for early commitments. I boy committed to W&L in his junior year. He had already strong ACTs (33, that's over 2200 SAT equivalent) and a good GPA (3.8 out of 4.0) and good lax resume (good club team and all-county and HM all-state). When he did his early action application, he was not talking to any other schools and did not prepare any other application material for other schools. December 15th(or there abouts), he and 4 other lax commitments were not admitted! He had to scramble to apply to a bunch of other schools. Fortunately, the W&L coach was a stand-up guy and called around to other coaches and found this boy a slot at another school that was prepared to accept him (still an excellent school academically). Lesson: a verbal commitment is only that is not a binding commitment. While it is true that most times, commitments of this sort do work out, boys and girls need to be prepared to scramble as this boy did.