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College help! lax + skiing + B average

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Sean...M
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Okay so im big into lacrosse and i wanna get into a DIII school that has lacrosse and is about an hour tops away from a good mountain. I have like a 3.2+ average. just wondering if someone can help me cuz i tried to look it up but i dont really know where to start. RECAP! DIII Lacrosse skiing 3.2ish. help a brotha out.
Dec 3 2006 12:57AM
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Sean...M
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bump
Dec 3 2006 1:32AM
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wAy2sTeEzY4u
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well uvm is pretty much perfect for a b average student but its d1 lax and you have to be pretty good to walk on..theres good mountains nearby also
Dec 3 2006 1:52AM
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alev
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look at the nescac schools. theyre alot harder to get into, but if ur good enough at lax they could get u in. i hope ur a junior and not a senior and planning this stuff out this late, as well as relying on ns for ur college desicion
Dec 3 2006 11:19AM
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StevenSegal
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Johnson State College in vermont...
In between JAy Smuggs and Stowe, all sick
DIII lax, good team too
Dec 3 2006 11:50AM
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Sean...M
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thanks guys. bump for more suggestions =D
Dec 3 2006 2:49PM
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bucknasty
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im applying to SUNY Plattsburgh and im pretty sure they have lacrosse, not sure what size it is but i do know that you will most likely get in with a b+ average, white face is like 45 minutes away, highest elevation in the east i believe, burlington is a fairy ride away and montreal is just 1 hour by car, its a sick school
Dec 3 2006 5:23PM
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Dr.Barq
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D3 isnt hard at all to play at unless you go to like salibury, or any other national champ teams, and also if your good and you talk to the coach grades arnt really a factor if they like you, and you shouldnt have to worry about the grades there good enough especially being a athlete
Dec 3 2006 6:51PM
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wAy2sTeEzY4u
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haha fairy...you dont have to ride them they just sprinkle the dust on you duhhhh..ferry*

but yeah whiteface isnt the highest in the east...i think mt washigton is and i know mt.mansfield is too
Dec 3 2006 6:55PM
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bikerocker
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dude you're getting way to specific. Pick a place that you really like to be at. thta's the only rule
Dec 3 2006 6:57PM
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BurgRider
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haha good luck with that one
Dec 3 2006 8:02PM
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Sean...M
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i dont think its that specific
Dec 3 2006 8:06PM
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PacificRimJob
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Yeah... its pretty general dude..
Dec 3 2006 8:09PM
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TylerS
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Western New England College. Its in Springfield, Massachusets. it wouldnt be too bad of a drive to Jiminy Peak.
Dec 3 2006 8:13PM
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PacificRimJob
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I wish Lax was more popular out here on the west coast... i played in HS... but they dont really have schools out here that are anything special...

lots of intermural stuff though... so whatev..
Dec 3 2006 8:15PM
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Al_Smith
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Talk to the coach at middlebury or at leasts send him an email. A 3.2 wont get you in to middlebury but if you are very good at lacrosse then the coach can help. Just keep in mind that middlebury contends every year. Where are you from anyway?
Dec 3 2006 8:15PM
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Sean...M
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Around Chicago Illinois. Naperville to be exact. and im pretty good at lacrosse. im gonna start going hardcore practicing soon so i can get a lot better and my grades are pertty much how they are.
Dec 3 2006 8:22PM
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BigMac93
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im kind of in the same situation but like 3.5 average. i dont think i want to play in college but i was talkin to the colorado college coach and it seems liek a sick school to play lax at.
Dec 3 2006 8:26PM
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Sean...M
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yeah i was looking there untill i found out they went DI.
Dec 3 2006 8:31PM
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BigMac93
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when did they go d1 i was just out there like a month ago and they were d3
Dec 3 2006 8:37PM
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Capt.Flannel
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www.smcvt.edu

St Mikes, 5 minutes out of burlington VT

D3 lax, great campus, a 3.2 should be sufficient, and it's near Burlington (which is on the water; lake champlain), Stowe, Sugarbush, and Jay Peak (and a few others).
Dec 3 2006 8:45PM
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Sean...M
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i dunno my dad was talking to a lacrosse coach and he said the just went DI.
Dec 3 2006 8:47PM
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Capt.Flannel
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St Mikes?
Dec 3 2006 8:48PM
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Sean...M
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no i dont think st. mikes. it was denver.
Dec 3 2006 8:51PM
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Capt.Flannel
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oh, ok. Cause I know smc isn't and you had me confused.
Dec 3 2006 8:52PM
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willbski9
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Yeah i remember watching Denver play Syracuse here not to long ago, Denver is d 1
Dec 3 2006 10:05PM
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SteezePatrol
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I'm pretty sure if you're playing Div 3. lax they're not gonna be too pumped on you skiing and/or you're not gonna have any time with school and your sport

but you could go to SFU
Dec 3 2006 11:46PM
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Dr.Barq
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wait are you a junior, or senior? and have you talked to any coaches yet/gotten any letters?
Dec 3 2006 11:52PM
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Itsbackfliptime
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is there actually 3 divisions of college lacrosse? I thought varsity college lacrosse was practically exclusive to the east coast.
Dec 3 2006 11:52PM
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eLevate
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WRONG! recruitment is against the ncaa policies for d3 sports, just because youre the tristate captin of so and so, legally, they cannot offer you a scholarship or bump your acceptance due to a sport. there are grey areas, like all things, where athletes get "merit" scolarships, and just "happen" to be the captain of the national championship squad, but as i recall, middlebury doesnt participate, i should know, i live in midd.
Dec 3 2006 11:56PM
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dozerr
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plymouth state university, its about 15 min from waterville valley, 1/2 hour from loon, an hour to brenton woods, and its d3 at lacrosse. check it out
Dec 4 2006 12:24AM
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Al_Smith
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Coaches from D3 schools can get you into school. What they are not allowed to do is give scholarships. I talked to the ski coach at Middlebury and he said he could recommend three athletes a year. And there have been lacrosse players from my school who have got into middlebury with about a 3.2. Kids get recruited all the time from d3 schools but they do not get scholarships.
Dec 4 2006 1:25PM
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TimothyLord
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out west
Dec 4 2006 1:42PM
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MADr.
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yep
Dec 4 2006 1:59PM
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Dr.Barq
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na man they give out scholarships but they arent considered sport scholarship they are awarded for "academics" but really they are for you playing a sport
Dec 4 2006 3:16PM
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RoLLLinDeep
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HAHAHAA please if this kid needs to ask on here about school he WILL NOT be playing for middlebury
Dec 4 2006 3:19PM
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RoLLLinDeep
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sounds like you should be looking at a college with club lax if your trying to base the school your trying to play for on skiiing .....not to mention winter is a super busy time for lax players getting ready for the upcoming spring
Dec 4 2006 3:22PM
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=Worf=
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i dont know about lacross, but
about good mountains
UofU
U N reno
boise state


and there is always the great ESU (that is east stousburg university in the poconos lol)
Dec 4 2006 3:30PM
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Capt.Flannel
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ya, I'd look for a good club team if I were you; d3 isn't much less of a time commitment than d1 is, when it comes to actual time you'd be able to ski. I have friends who play d3 and they're lives are 'Class, eat, hw, lax, sleep'.
Dec 4 2006 3:33PM
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-dva-
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skidmore college in saratoga springs, ny has a real good D3 lacrosse program and is 1.5 hrs to killington with tons of people making trips every weekend. did you go to public or private school? if you got b's all the way through private school you should get in no problem, if you went to public school the fact that youre an athlete should get you in, but i cant guarantee it.
Dec 4 2006 3:49PM
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BargainBinLaden
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by any chance do you know the giovannis????
Dec 4 2006 4:02PM
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yojimbo
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how hard is it to get into?
Dec 4 2006 5:02PM
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Capt.Flannel
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About as difficult as it is to spell Johnson State College.

It's a good school, with Castleton (one of the other state schools) being better academically, but everybody who goes there (that I know) loves it and gets a fine education.
Dec 4 2006 5:41PM
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weenox
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in my opinion, anything under DII athletics is a complete waste of time.  everyone i know that did the college sports thing completely 100% regrets it because they have no free time whatsoever and they know they won't go anywhere with it.  think about it....it's DIII.  who the fuck from DIII goes on to do anything in proffesional sports?
Dec 4 2006 7:02PM
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Sean...M
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haha yeah im good friends with them actually. jon and alex.
Dec 4 2006 7:04PM
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jib-unit00
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if you're smart and you get 3.2 avg in honors and AP classes you could try sevearl good NEPSAC schools

bates, colby, middlebury, bowdoin are all around skiing and have good D3 lacrose teams
Dec 4 2006 7:20PM
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Neffer
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i go to st. mikes, i like it quite a bit. they even throw in a 25$ season pass to smuggs. the ski and snowboard club here is sick as well with the rail jams they do on campus. they also have d3 lax, im pretty sure that was mentioned already though.
Dec 4 2006 7:48PM
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