Greetings all! Yes, I found the other swim parenting thread, but it's two years old, so thought I'd start a different one.
Our daughter is currently a junior with decent swim times. We've started getting letters from D3 schools interested in her swimming for them. Thus, questions abound.
a) Is there such a thing as D2 schools? Our DD has great times (as a junior!) to place and in some instances win D3 meets right now, but she is nowhere near D1 times. Where is D2?
b) So far, the two states we want her to look at (Texas and Virginia) have many D3 schools, but only one total (in VA) state school. If you have a child going to a D3 private school, how much financial aid (percentage of total cost is fine) did you get from the school? (Yes, I know that D3 schools don't give athletic scholarships, but I'm learning, at least for other sports, they will find money to get your kid there.)
c) Does the financial support come with a guarantee to 4 years of support? What if my child gets injured?
d) Is there such a thing as financial support for College Club swimming? (I only just learned of CCS in another thread.)
e) Anything I'm not thinking of with respect to a child competing in a varsity sport in college? Holidays ruined? Required living arrangements? Practices taking precedence over studies? I don't even know where to begin.
I thank you all in advance. This'll be our first of four we're self-supporting. (Previous one used my GI Bill and the other two both joined the military.) Our current college kid knew exactly where he wanted to go and (thankfully) got accepted there. Our daughter isn't sure where she wants to go or exactly what she wants to study. (We've recommended a gap year and she is not for that at all!)
Cheers all and stay healthy!
My daughter is rising senior at Washington and Lee. It is a fantastic school and program. I can't say enough great things about the school, coaches, and overall experience. It's hard core and they practice in the mornings now. If your daughter likes A and M, that's a whole different game. That's a big time D1 program.
My other daughter is a hs junior and just committed D1, Richmond. We are very excited. It is similar in look and feel to Davidson. She looked at William and Mary. There may be some uncertainty about their pool situation, but I can't confirm any of that. It is D1.
There is zero athletic money in D3, as it should be. I am a huge fan of the sport/academic balance in D3.
No matter where she goes, college swimming is a job and takes a lot of time. They all work hard (and play hard).
Good luck. Send me a pm if you want to know more about VA schools or any schools, as we literally just wrapped up a frantic 8 months of recruiting.
My daughter is rising senior at Washington and Lee. It is a fantastic school and program. I can't say enough great things about the school, coaches, and overall experience. It's hard core and they practice in the mornings now. If your daughter likes A and M, that's a whole different game. That's a big time D1 program.
My other daughter is a hs junior and just committed D1, Richmond. We are very excited. It is similar in look and feel to Davidson. She looked at William and Mary. There may be some uncertainty about their pool situation, but I can't confirm any of that. It is D1.
There is zero athletic money in D3, as it should be. I am a huge fan of the sport/academic balance in D3.
No matter where she goes, college swimming is a job and takes a lot of time. They all work hard (and play hard).
Good luck. Send me a pm if you want to know more about VA schools or any schools, as we literally just wrapped up a frantic 8 months of recruiting.
