Best all-around D1 school

D1 bound baby.

I'm no expert but here are a few academically good schools with programs:

Syracuse

University of Virginia

Villanova

Georgetown

Virginia Tech

Duke (11% acceptance rate)

William & Marry (academically good at least)

Michigan (one of the best state schools academically)

UC Berkeley, UCLA

Michigan and William and Mary were the first two that came to mind. you've got some other good ones in there too. Can't go too wrong with that list.

red tetterman wrote:

I'm no expert but here are a few academically good schools with programs:

Syracuse

University of Virginia

Villanova

Georgetown

Virginia Tech

Duke (11% acceptance rate)

William & Marry (academically good at least)

Michigan (one of the best state schools academically)

UC Berkeley, UCLA

red tetterman wrote:

I'm no expert but here are a few academically good schools with programs:

Syracuse

University of Virginia

Villanova

Georgetown

Virginia Tech

Duke (11% acceptance rate)

William & Marry (academically good at least)

Michigan (one of the best state schools academically)

UC Berkeley, UCLA

Take Duke off the list. I say this as someone very close to the team. It's a great school academically but the track program is in chaos right now. Check out the thread from last fall when they decided not to attend XC Regionals.

Cal and UCLA are also bad picks for a distance runner.

You'll be able to walk on to many programs with your times. You'll need to balance how much scholarship money you need with how good the program or academics are.

D1 Hopeful wrote:

I'm not a stud runner, I started freshman year and have progressed well, but am probably not going to go sub 4:10/9:00... But I am going to go sub 4:20/9:25 my junior year track season. If my progression continues, I believe I'll be right around 9:10-9:15 my senior year.

I'm a good student and don't want to go to a big-ass crappy state school, but do want to run for a good D1 team that is in the top 6 or 7 in their region in Cross.

What schools fit the bill? What schools would take a 9:25 junior, but are still good academic schools?

"Big ass crappy state schools" are the best all round D1 colleges.

Michigan

Virginia

UNC

UCLA

UC Berkeley

Texas

Wisconsin

Etc

Read this.

"Big ass crappy state schools"

Are you opposed to big schools in general?

What state do you live in?

"Good student" means what?

Are you thinking about a big ass crappy major?

USAToday list of most popular majors and mid-career salaries

1.Business Administration & Management $70,700.

2. General Psychology $60,200.

3. Nursing $70,100.

4. General Biology $68,700.

5. Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods $50-60,000.

6. Criminal Justice and Corrections $59,200.

7. Accounting $75,100

8. Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities $61,300.

9. English Language and Literature $63,500.

10. History $65,500.

Stanford is BY FAR the best school in terms of combination of athletics and academics. It is unarguably at the top every year. It has won every single directors cup and is always top 5 academically.

That being said Coach Milt has turned the program in a very discouraging direction. I don't like what's going on there at all now.

These schools were at the NCAA cross country championships last year and are all private.

Stanford

University of Portland

Syracuse

Villanova

Iona

Providence

BYU

Georgetown

Tulsa

Furman

Also look at Notre Dame, Boston University, Northeastern, Loyola (Chicago), Butler, Wake Forest, and Rice,

Dartmouth has probably turned more unimpressive high school recruits into total studs than any other program in the past 10 years (True, Pappas, D'Agostino, Geoghegan), and you can't beat the Ivy League for academic/athletic balance.

Okay, Ben was pretty impressive in high school

Depends on what you mean by 'What schools would take a 9:25 junior.'

If you're looking for admissions help, not many DI programs 'would take' a 9:25 junior. Fewer would offer a material scholarship.

If you're looking to just walk on, most would take a 9:20 senior.

So, if you are truly a 'good student' and could get it without admissions help, I'd look at: UVA, Michigan, UNC, Georgetown, Notre Dame, UCLA, Berkeley and the Ivys.

Out of all of them, I'm most impressed by G'town and Dartmouth with respect to development.

It's a slight step down, but VA Tech's distance program is excellent. If you're a VA resident and want to study engineering, I'd put that on my list.

Villanova is a good school with an excellent distance program.

At 9:10 - 9:15, you might be able to walk on at Stanford or Wisco, but maybe not.

Duke is notably absent from the above. Excellent school. Distance running program seems to be underperforming big time.

And, finally, I'd look at the excellent DIII programs. At 9:10, you'd be a stud and could get admissions help to some excellent schools like WUSTL, Williams, Haverford, etc.

Good luck!