2019 Women's D1 Soccer Talk!!!!

2 players coming back from injury this week and three more players getting some much needed time off to heal some nagging injuries. One more back in a month. My player graduates on the 13th of June. Really looking forward to this season but not in a rush to see it get started. Everyone will be back by the end of July and just watch out. There isn’t going to be a better starting eleven in college.

Maybe we can beat Stanford this year. I like our chances better than any prior year. I have been personally guaranteed by several players that they will have their fitness together by fall and they are purchasing a whole new can of whoop a$$.

GO BRUINS!!
 
MakeAPlay said:
2 players coming back from injury this week and three more players getting some much needed time off to heal some nagging injuries. One more back in a month. My player graduates on the 13th of June. Really looking forward to this season but not in a rush to see it get started. Everyone will be back by the end of July and just watch out. There isn’t going to be a better starting eleven in college.

Maybe we can beat Stanford this year. I like our chances better than any prior year. I have been personally guaranteed by several players that they will have their fitness together by fall and they are purchasing a whole new can of whoop a$$.

GO BRUINS!!
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13th of June 2020 correct?
 
@MakeAPlay can you discuss your daughter academic plan throughout the years over in the “new parents” section or even in here?

For example, how many college credits/so did she start school with
How many classes did she take per semester (I realize UCLA is on a quarter system so just how many classes in the fall versus the spring)
And how many summer classes each year

It is great that she is graduating early and will not have to stay additional time in school. Seeing as how some kids who aren’t even playing a sport end up staying 5-6 years, this is a great management of time.

I ask because this is not something I have seen discussed around here at all. And others please feel free to chime in with their kids experience as well.
 
pooka said:
@MakeAPlay can you discuss your daughter academic plan throughout the years over in the “new parents” section or even in here?

For example, how many college credits/so did she start school with
How many classes did she take per semester (I realize UCLA is on a quarter system so just how many classes in the fall versus the spring)
And how many summer classes each year

It is great that she is graduating early and will not have to stay additional time in school. Seeing as how some kids who aren’t even playing a sport end up staying 5-6 years, this is a great management of time.

I ask because this is not something I have seen discussed around here at all. And others please feel free to chime in with their kids experience as well.
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Thank you for the kind words. Since you asked so nicely here is what she did.

She came in with the equivalent of 20-24 quarter credits (I can’t remember which) from AP classes. She enrolled in the summer prior to her freshman year (she basically graduated HS and then the next week was moving into her dorm). During the fall she only takes 12 units but she takes 4 classes during the winter and spring quarters. In addition to that she takes at least 2 classes during the summer.

Here is how she did it. Since she was young our conversations with her have always revolved around how important her academics were. To this day I still ask her about what she is learning (she still calls me excited when she gets back her test results or grades). Before we wrote any checks at the beginning of every season we emphasized how soccer was an extracurricular activity that was only happening because of her grades. It was helped along by the group of similarly academically focused girls that she found herself around on her club team (she was on the same team with the same core players for 6 of her 9 club seasons). Her college coach has been very supportive and she works with their schedules during the offseason. She has always been a hardworking kid and she never taken how fortunate she is for granted.

She was fortunate to go to the school that she wanted to go to since she first found out about what a school was (excellent brainwashing on our part). Also she was lucky that this school was in state and a public school, which aligned very well with her college prep high school pathway. She only considered 3 schools and took unofficial visits to all of them the summer before her sophomore year. She committed that winter during her high school season. Already knowing where she was going midway through her second year of high school helped in a significant way. She originally was doing IB then was told by academic people that AP classes would be better for her chosen school so she quit IB and switched that spring.

It’s been a long road that passed to quickly. She is excited about her summer internship, her team’s chances of making a College Cup in California this fall and her future opportunities. It doesn’t hurt that her boyfriend is a good student and an athlete also.

God is good is all that I can say. Good luck to you and your player.
 
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