Help me choose which college to run at!

llort_vbo wrote:

tradition wrote:

The difference between tier 1s and other places is night and day. Top firms literally will not speak to anyone who did not attend a tier 1. It is like you did not even earn a degree.

And then there's a bunch of people I know coding at FANG companies who don't even have a degree. What you have in Github matters much more than this social darwinism stuff you seem to be fantasizing about. The days of being impressed with this kind of stuff is over. Trolling aside, you're quite passè.

Hard stuff is an exception to some degree. Finance and prestige oriented firms hire from top places without screening for other credentials. You're obviously not in this world or close to the level to have ever been invited to highly competitive events to not know this.

Weak, -1/10. Try harder sparky.

llort_vbo wrote:

new coach for sho wrote:

Seems like Emory may be going through some issues for sure but it also sounds like the current coach is trying to run the program like most real programs are run and if you don’t like how the non whining athletes are describing the current program you will likely not like how any non-terrible d1 program is run. Sounds like a could be a cool program to join as it could possibly build into a legit d3 program.

God I feel bad for coaches as middle of the road schools like this. The guy's just trying to put together a team and I couldn't imagine a more whiny and entitled group.

He chose to coach that type of group. He willingly took a job at a highly academic D3 school and then told the kids that athletics has to come before academics. In his first week with the team he handed them a list of 45 rules and made them sign it. It's his own fault, he handled it poorly.

He chose to coach that type of group. He willingly took a job at a highly academic D3 school and then told the kids that athletics has to come before academics. In his first week with the team he handed them a list of 45 rules and made them sign it. It's his own fault, he handled it poorly.

So you're saying an academically-oriented school can't have an excellent program?

45 rules - from what I saw they were pretty much common sense. Nothing there that was overly restrictive or offensive. Hopefully he's gotten rid of all the weak sauce and the kids that are left will perform well.

You're right, academics are the most important factor. I'm having trouble finding programs that are both good academically, and good (but not so good that I cannot get onto the team) athletically. It seems academically good schools are a bit harder to come by in the south, which is where I want to be, mostly for the warm weather (I have Raynaud's).

Law of the land wrote:

Yes, I know from experience.

I don't live in Virginia.

oops, responded to the wrong post

Within the ASUN I would rank North Florida and Liberty ahead of Lipscomb. Liberty has an incredible indoor facility and a solid outdoor facility. North Florida has an incredible outdoor facility and doesn't need an indoor facility since it's in Florida. Lipscomb doesn't have any track facilities. It looks like North Florida and Liberty will be the distance powers in the conference going forward, along with Eastern Kentucky and then most likely Lipscomb. Lipscomb seems to get the final year of eligibility grad student transfers to be competitive. Liberty always has a Kenyan or two to lead their team. North Florida develops runners well, which sounds like it might be best for you. Nashville is the best of those cities, but Jacksonville is nice and growing quickly. Liberty and Lipscomb would be strongly and pretty strictly Christian environments, which is terrific if you are a Christian and want that, not so much if you aren't. North Florida is a state school. I would rank coaching order at those schools as North Florida, Liberty, Lipscomb. North Florida is the most stable in terms of coaching. I think all three schools would give you a roster spot though.

This young man gets it.

I’d go to the most expensive school possible. You parents need to win the post-graduation , pre start of college d*ck measuring conversations, and if that means you spend the rest of your life paying off an investment that 4 minutes of excel could have told you was a catastrophically bad one, it’s worth it!! I’d start at a community college for 1-3,semesters, run 90 MPW and join a local running club. Get in shape to sniff the trials standard at the 1/2 marathon, get into a couple of fast meets unattached in the 5 or 10 and throw down a mid 29 or low 14, then show up as a sophomore with your core classes done and some fast times.

Belmont, George Mason and Emory