2019 Women's D1 Soccer Talk!!!!

MakeAPlay said:
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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Is she aiming at going to UCLA Law School?
 
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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My daughter had enough AP credits to get her a semester ahead of schedule (she attends a private school that is a bit more liberal with AP credits than the UC system); that combined with summer classes and she could technically graduate next year (her third year) but she's picked up a couple of minors that will fill in the rest of the time she has eligibility there.
 
I noticed some young ladies had an extra year of eligibility due to injuries
or whatnot used that extra year to play during grad school.
How does that work? Do they get money to play on the undergraduate team?
I am thinking of a recent Stanford grad who went to Georgetown grad school.
Curious...Thanks.
 
Gokicksomegrass said:
I noticed some young ladies had an extra year of eligibility due to injuries
or whatnot used that extra year to play during grad school.
How does that work? Do they get money to play on the undergraduate team?
I am thinking of a recent Stanford grad who went to Georgetown grad school.
Curious...Thanks.
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Depends upon the school. The Stanford players transfer because Paul is very clear that the money given is for 4 years. They spend their money well in advance. Don’t be surprised when Bossiere isn’t on the roster come fall. She was a 5th year junior and I assume that she already had to spend $70k last year.

If a player has eligibility and graduates they can go anywhere and play their last year. Stanford has had at least one player transfer and finish their eligibility elsewhere as a grad transfer since I have been following it. They had two last year one went to Georgetown and the other played for Wake Forest.
 
gkrent said:
My daughter had enough AP credits to get her a semester ahead of schedule (she attends a private school that is a bit more liberal with AP credits than the UC system); that combined with summer classes and she could technically graduate next year (her third year) but she's picked up a couple of minors that will fill in the rest of the time she has eligibility there.
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My player has a teammate that is taking 6 classes this summer so that she can graduate in two years. She took 4 or 5 classes every quarter and took 4 classes in the summer. She is not returning in the fall and as far as I know she isn’t transferring. Her last game was the spring game against Santa Clara. She got a great education and some friends for life out of the deal.
 
MakeAPlay said:
https://www.forbes.com/best-value-colleges/#5f7d976a245b

8 of the top 14 in California. 6 UC schools in the top 13. 3 Ivy League schools and Stanford in the top 15. Some really good soccer schools listed in the top 20. Isn’t California Grand!
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these lists are all a bunch of hype. i've been asked to do college ratings lists and trust me that the data can be manipulated to get the desired result. Aggregation and interpretation of data when trying to calculate something as nebulous as career "success" or college "value" is a fool's game. Don't buy into it. On an individual basis, a guy who goes to Southwest Missouri State has as much chance at "success" as a girl going to Harvard. Unless your "success" includes plans to run for President or sit on the Supreme Court, then Harvard or Yale outperform. That's why this entire college bribery scandal is so confounding to me. For 99% of us, success was/is not influenced by which college...just a college.

And, it's great seeing students/players gaming the U.S. college system. Tuition costs, administration and coach salaries, endowments, are all skyrocketing on the backs of students and student-athletes.
 
oh canada said:
these lists are all a bunch of hype. i've been asked to do college ratings lists and trust me that the data can be manipulated to get the desired result. Aggregation and interpretation of data when trying to calculate something as nebulous as career "success" or college "value" is a fool's game. Don't buy into it. On an individual basis, a guy who goes to Southwest Missouri State has as much chance at "success" as a girl going to Harvard. Unless your "success" includes plans to run for President or sit on the Supreme Court, then Harvard or Yale outperform. That's why this entire college bribery scandal is so confounding to me. For 99% of us, success was/is not influenced by which college...just a college.

And, it's great seeing students/players gaming the U.S. college system. Tuition costs, administration and coach salaries, endowments, are all skyrocketing on the backs of students and student-athletes.
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Almost anything can be manipulated if you have a nefarious intent. Coaches salaries have nothing to do with tuition so please don’t try to “manipulate” the conversation. Coaches get paid based upon what their value is perceived to be. Football, basketball and baseball are the only coaches at my kid’s school getting rich based upon salary and all of them pay for themselves through revenue generated by the program and donations earmarked for the program.
 
MakeAPlay said:
What age of boy?
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Heard it was a mixed bag of ages- like Earthquakes put together an all star team of boys from all aged DA teams....
I heard really great game though-- so good that I think Stanford girls may be playing them one more time...
Bummer Santa Clara had to cancel the game that night on Stanford, but so nice for Earthquakes to fill in last minute!
 
soccer661 said:
Heard it was a mixed bag of ages- like Earthquakes put together an all star team of boys from all aged DA teams....
I heard really great game though-- so good that I think Stanford girls may be playing them one more time...
Bummer Santa Clara had to cancel the game that night on Stanford, but so nice for Earthquakes to fill in last minute!
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I assume that they are younger than U17 right?
 
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