College Decision

What are ur grades and SAT scores like? None of those schools are very strong academically or athletically to be honest...

URI has ok academics. Not very strong in athletics.

Ithaca has ok academics and they hang in there during xc and track with other D3's.

Duquesne has a good med/pharm program. They struggle against sub par D1 schools.

With 1:55 u can look at better D3 schools in the Mid Atlantic/NE depending on ur grades. If I were u I'd look at high level D2/D3's rather than sub par D1's.

That's really good advice thank you. I have a 25 on the ACTs and a 4.10 for my GPA. If you have any colleges that would fit me in the northeast region, that would be great.

wtf is a 4.10 gpa? go to public school, its cheaper. Unless you get into a top college or they are giving you a scholarship paying $50,000+ a year is insane.

Decide what school you want to go to, and then reach out to that coach and see if you can walk on

Really, 1:55-56 as a junior would get you onto a lot of FCS xc/track programs, and I can't think of many d2/d3 coaches that would turn you away

Besides, running is going to be just another aspect of college. Finding a school thats the right size, in the right city, and costs the right price are going to be just as important

I would consider retaking your ACT and start contacting D3 coaches around the northeast. Better education and likely a better experience with running since you could be pretty competitive at that level.

Similar experience as you but my best times were in the mile.

Ultimately decided on a good D3, but it turned out to be "high school-ish". Everyone runs, even the ones that have never run before. It wasn't serious enough for me.

But I'm also glad I didn't go DI because I couldn't stand not being competitive as a team for 4 years, and having nothing to motivate me.

I found D2/NAIA to be perfect mix of the opportunity to be competitive, motivating and fun. Your 1:55 would make you competitive (or the ability to eventually be competitive) in any conference.

If you're looking at St. Joes you should look at Haverford college. Serious academics and athletics.

Here are some schools to look at that my son did - he did not choose for various reasons - he was a 1:57, 4:19, 9:29 in the 800, 1,600 & 3,200, respectively.

Not sure what you are looking to study (he was finance)

Quinnipiac - They do not run official mens track seasons though - they run 6 meets unofficially. They have $ to spend. Downside is the 58,000 start price though you may be eligible for academic $$ as well. Coach is really nice

Bryant - bad team, not funded but lots academic $$$. Coach is nice, also around 55 to start

Marist - big team lots of competetion. Might be a burn and churn program, nice campus. Bowdoin Park is great to run at. around 48 to start

URI - coach - was not our favorite

West Chester in PA (D2) - Coach was really nice seems to have a decent enough program

Fairfield - Pricey but lots of $$ - new coach coming as well around 58 to start

Hartford - Son was not interested but the coach was persistant

Southern Connecticut. Pumping out 800 guys the past few years and arguably the best team in New England.

The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) based on TFRRS, they seem to be strong in the middle distances, mostly with their 800m runners. Good academics, not very pricey. But, a bit harder to get into than the schools you were looking at, although not impossible by any means with your academic stats.

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Attend the cheapest one. They will vary greatly if you get any aid.

Some ideas from an athlete I helped find a school recently - if you stay around the times you posted, you kinda have three choices:

1. Be the slowest guy on super fast D1 team - you won't make the travel team unless you improve a lot (you might race a lot in local meets against D2/3 competition), you will get your #$%& kicked in practice every day, and if you don't improve you may lose your spot to next year's recruits. Also, at the fast D1 schools they essentially own you - school will be more about running than school. But you will likely run the fastest you can run. Some thrive in this, others don't. One example: Miami of Ohio - Beautiful school, great Mid-D program but they have 4 guys under 1:50 I believe, so you'll need to improve substantially just to make the bigger meets.

2. Go to a middle of the road D1 - you'll be on the travel squad and compete in the big meets, where you will get crushed by the guys from the fast schools unless you improve a lot. No real shot at competing for team championships since Oregon etc. will win them all. One example: UVM - academically great school, you'd be in the sweet spot as far as times. Downsides: not much financial aid for Out of State students and they are unlikely to win much given their conference and their level of commitment.

3. Go D2/D3 - you'll be very important to the team from the very first day, and you'll get to help compete for team championships (although they are lower division), which is fun. Downside is you will have less competition day to day in practice so you may not improve quite as much. You also have more time to enjoy other activities in college, which can be a big deal to a lot of people. One example: St Lawrence - D3, not for everyone because it is isolated, but if you like the outdoors and want to compete for championships they have a great running tradition, great coaching and amazing athletic facilities. Ithaca is a similar option but we preferred SLU, Allegheny (great financial aid), Denison.

The kid I was working with eventually chose the high level D3 option and is really enjoying himself, but it was a close call between that and being the tail on the high level D1 dog. Option 2 (where a lot of the schools you listed are) was less appealing - most of the Mid level D1's are no faster than his D3, and some are quite a bit slower.

YMMV though.

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This thread is almost 7 years old! I would think that the original poster has already graduated.

So OP, what did you end up doing??

Still stuck at the same JUCO working on an Associates degree.

Anyone checking in on this ancient thread, where the OP is likely now in some soul-crushing cubefarm job, and posting in another thread about how to regain early collegiate fitness, the smart move is DIII for just about everyone who is not Nico or anyone else from that school.

If your looking for a pure distance school I would seriously look at LaSalle university. This year they have already proved that they are one of if not one of the fastest schools in the region

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