BOTC - US Lacrosse Community Forum Forums NORTHEAST LACROSSE BOTC MAIN FORUM (LI, CT, WC) Girls 2020-8th Grade Fall 2015 Summer 2016

Top 20 programs own you morning noon and night 365 days a year. You are in that school to play lacrosse period. School is clearly second with kids guided into easy majors they have no interest in. Pick a mid to low D1 or D2 program for a nice lax / school / social life balance. They are still playing a game and in 4 years it is over

Even more reason by very Leary of signing into a D1 program when you are younger
Most 8 grade kids have zero idea what they want to be when they grow up
Unless you want to enjoy your under water basket weaving degree

The Final 8 teams last year, to the right is their US News Academic Ranking:

1 - Maryland - 57
2 - North Carolina - 30
3 - Syracuse - 61
4 - Duke - 8
5 - Northwestern - 12
6 - Penn State - 47
7 - Princeton - 1
8 - Loyola - 3 - Regional University (North)



The Computer Rankings have the following in the Top 25. Academic ranking to the right:

Florida - 47
Virginia - 26
Boston College - 30
Stony Brook - 89
Stanford - 4
Albany - 129
JMU - 7 - Regional University (South)
Notre Dame - 18
Cornell - 15
Penn - 9
Louisville - 168
Hopkins - 10
Southern Cal - 23
UMass - 75
Ohio State - 52
Navy - 9 - National Liberal Arts Colleges
Harvard - 2

Some great schools with some really good lacrosse. I don't think all of the girls who attend these schools major in basket weaving. But I guess you are right, why should you challenge yourself? When you are looking to start your career nobody is going to want to hire someone who graduated from a great university and competed at the highest level in a Division 1 sport. Take it easy, have some fun. Go to a school that you can get into without being a lacrosse player. Play club and tell people that you didn't want to work hard.

Six of the Top 10 Universities in the country are Top 25 Lacrosse schools. Why would anyone advise people to take the easy road?

19 of the Top 25 lacrosse schools are considered Top 50 Universities. Challenge yourself, you can do well in the classroom and on the athletic field.

Great schools with great lacrosse where you will get a degree that you can proudly display. But if you want to be a doctor, nurse, engineer or architect you are going to have a problem playing at these schools where its lacrosse first and academics second. This really only affects a handful of kids so its not a big deal unless your kid is one of them. When a 13 or 14 year old verbal's they have no idea what they want to do so its easy to guide them to an approved major. Good luck to all on being one of the first 2020's to verbal!

Great schools with great lacrosse where you will get a degree that you can proudly display. But if you want to be a doctor, nurse, engineer or architect you are going to have a problem playing at these schools where its lacrosse first and academics second. This really only affects a handful of kids so its not a big deal unless your kid is one of them. When a 13 or 14 year old verbal's they have no idea what they want to do so its easy to guide them to an approved major. Good luck to all on being one of the first 2020's to verbal!

Who is the verbal on YJ 2020? I heard there is another 2020 committed as well.

Does lacrosse come first at:

Princeton
Harvard
Yale
Stanford
Duke
Penn
Hopkins
Brown
Dartmouth
Northwestern
Cornell
Vanderbilt
Notre Dame
Georgetown
Navy

Some girls may put lacrosse first and I would imagine at NU there is a lot of pressure but I am sure that many of the student athletes from these schools go on to have success in life.

Hate to break it to you, not every kid who goes to a mid tier D1 or D2 or D3 school loves their college experience or goes on to become a huge success.

Stanford has over half of the roster Uncommitted

Just because your daughter goes to a top 10 lacrosse school does not automatically equal success later in life. If se goes to any school to play a a sport and not concentrate on a major, she might get a job because of the name on the top of the degree, but if she only knows how to play lacrosse I guarantee you she will not have that job for long. If you looked at other threads you would have seen that the discussion of majors recently came up on another girls thread. I looked at the majors of some of the top schools and it basically came down to over a third of these schools were either uncommitted, in majors that are "lacrosse friendly", or are the equivalent of basket weaving or gym teacher majors. Maryland being the worst with over half there roster either uncommitted, or in a major called "Letters and Science", which is a major for uncommitted majors. Florida was second worst. I just looked at NU and they are one of the best along with "cuse. Princeton does not list majors, but Cornell did with one third going for hotel management. My daughter is going to a lower D1 school right now for one of the forbidden majors (nursing, medical, engineering, architecture) and is being coached by a woman that went to a major D1 college and has to continue her education at this school because the coaches did not want her to pursue one of those majors.

Moral of the story, don't assume your kid will get a good job because of the school she attended, and don't look down your nose at the lower ranked schools because your daughter might be going to finish her education there..... at an added pirce

If true, the parents should be committed.

I think that it is you who is looking down your nose. My point was very simple, Challenge yourself. It is possible to do well in the classroom and on the field.
If your child was offered a spot at one of the best universities in the country and she/you opted to go to a less competitive school that was her/your choice.

You are very confused I think. First of all my daughter chose a balance between her future career and lacrosse knowing full well that the lacrosse only has 4 years left. After speaking with many grads, many of witch had to enroll in another school to receive the degree they need to further there career, she decided to fallow the career path knowing that she will never play for a national championship. If a girl and her family have the money to pay for college after her lacrosse career ends, than more power to them. We were very fortunate to receive a very lucrative offer from a lower D1 that would allow her to major in her choice, start as a freshman, and finish her degree in 4 to 5 years, witch is the least amount of time she needs for her career. Knowing that there are no full rides, and even at a State school with lower tuition, she decided to take the offer to reach her academic goals as quickly as possible. With all that being said, her schedule is extremely demanding. the amount of money given does mean a lot of work, 2 a day practice (including lifts), time trials, travel, team obligations, school work, off campus requirements for her major, and the subsequent make up practices all keep her very busy. But at least she will be done in a decent amount of time, and she still playing the game she loves. Besides, in five years no one will even remember her lacrosse career like 99.9% of all our daughters. she'll just be in less debt.

Did a 2020 YJ verbally commit? If so who?

I hope she wasn't an English major.

What makes people like you tic. Are you so unhappy in your life that you need to sit at home and send snarky ,nasty posts on a youth lacrosse site. Here is something you should think about, no matter what school your daughter attends, if she takes after you she will be nothing but a petty, small minded bully. Never think the name on the top of the degree gives you class, or insures success.

Did a 2020 YJ verbally commit? If so who?

Yes true was on 2020 YJ Curcio last year, verbal commit to Syracuse. Child is no longer with YJ.

Please don't judge others when you do not know all of the facts. This girl could have played at a number of top tier lacrosse schools. She chose Syracuse because they have one of the best programs in the area of study she is interested in. She is a smart girl who made a very smart decision. Congratulations to her and her family.

Yes true was on 2020 YJ Curcio last year, verbal commit to Syracuse. Child is no longer with YJ.

What club does she play for? I thought Blue players never leave YJ?

Sorry but find this one hard to believe. If it's true, it would be national news and you'd see the various articles including Sports Illustrated, just like the soccer and softball 8th graders who were super early in their respective sports. There's a knucklehead running around also saying his daughter is committed to Princeton as a current 8th grader. Uh huh. If it's true and it's field of study based, gotta hand it to the kid that she knows exactly what she wants to study and left lacrosse rankings out of it. . Remarkable with now 4 and 1/2 years of education left to go before college she's got it all figured out. Just let me know where I can find the Sports Illustrated article, which is bound to come out especially in light of all the recruiting proposals.

Daughter is not from Cuse area - she has family there, but has never lived there. Dad is not bff with GG. He only just met him recently. Her success is based on hard work.

Congradulations to her! Why did she leave YJ blue? I thought nobody leaves the blue team.

Uhhuh. Obviously either not humble enough that you found about about it and posted it, or you are related to precious and posting the "accomplishment". In either event, bff to GG, not bff, "very good player", "her success", it all smells like nonsense. Every kid posts about an acceptance on Instagram/Twitter, or their friends do, but you're going to come on and tell us all she's so special that she and the parents are the one in a million that will keep it to themselves? Not even worth responding to any more....just sound like another delusional parent/interested party on how this princess is the one, so so special, successful, personal goal driven 8th grader. Congratulations, I'll wait for the book chronicling how special you are all. No axe to grind either, my daughter is actively being recruited, but I don't come on an anonymous message board touting how special she or any other 8th/9th grader is. Sorry, give us all a break.