“Ivy League to participate in FCS playoffs starting in 2025”

[Catch1lion]

One of my friends (lawyer) went to Brown as an undergrad and one day we were chatting about The Big Short and she mentioned that she knew a fellow Brown grad who was featured in the movie (think as part of Carell’s group). She said he was well known on campus as kind of a finance whiz. With small undergrad enrollments and high selectivity, that kind of person can be ‘known’ in a school like Brown (figure fewer than 2,000 students a grade). Compare to a big public, and that just doesn’t happen class wide - maybe finance clubs or Econ clubs know the standouts, but that’s it.

My son just came home for Christmas break from his MSTP program in NYC. HIs roomie, Chirs went to TJ and then Yale. Chris's sis went TJ just graduated with a bachelors from Columbia in Quant. She's starting at 4 at Old Mission Capital, and that wasn't her best offer. I'm liking that track better than most.

 

[Moogy]

Good luck @Moogy ! I have two 'sort of' adults (3rd year med school and grad school next Fall) and 2 more finishing HS. I visited 23 schools for the first two when they were choosing undergrad. I developed my own Excel charts on their interests and the schools. Two admissions departments at state schools email me their proposed marketing materials to look at and proof after getting to know several admissions reps from fairly prestigious schools. The process is just networking and asking questions - I don't blame kids for not knowing schools or being unsure about where they should be. After the first two did very well, I'm convinced you want rigor and fit. The tough part is defining fit. Rigor you can identify and read between the lines imho. Do they allow accelerated degrees. Do they have young and upcoming professors? Does the plan for the major include tough courses and make sense for your kid? But fit is different. You also need to ask your own kids questions and then figure out the fit based on what they say and what you see and hear at the schools. Otherwise, you have what my friends have experienced -- unhappy kids who end up transferring and wasting money.

FWIW, Miami University in Ohio is impressive. D1 went there. One of the little Ivies as they say. I'm also currently looking at both SUNY Stony Brook and SUNY Binghamton for the younger kids -- both schools have shed the SUNY label and are now well regarded academic schools.

Thanks ... yeah, it's going to be a trip. I have a junior in high school who is a computer science nerd, and he's pretty set that it's all he's interested in (he's already taking college level AI-programming classes). That presents its own challenges since he also wants to play baseball in college and he currently projects as a D3 kid ... and most of the best comp sci programs are bigger D1 baseball schools. Right now he's MIT or bust (I think UChicago and Johns Hopkins should be in play, with Tufts as a safety school). If he foregoes baseball, or develops a bit more in that area, the Ivies are in play (Harvard and Brown are nearby, and we're also well acquainted with them). We're in the initial steps of seeing if any of the other NESCAC schools (Williams, Amherst, etc.) could work for a comp sci madman. And the younger son is overall smarter than the older one, but not as narrowly focused (early leader is neuropsych) and with a higher baseball ceiling.

 

[laKavosiey-st lion]

Thanks ... yeah, it's going to be a trip. I have a junior in high school who is a computer science nerd, and he's pretty set that it's all he's interested in (he's already taking college level AI-programming classes). That presents its own challenges since he also wants to play baseball in college and he currently projects as a D3 kid ... and most of the best comp sci programs are bigger D1 baseball schools. Right now he's MIT or bust (I think UChicago and Johns Hopkins should be in play, with Tufts as a safety school). If he foregoes baseball, or develops a bit more in that area, the Ivies are in play (Harvard and Brown are nearby, and we're also well acquainted with them). We're in the initial steps of seeing if any of the other NESCAC schools (Williams, Amherst, etc.) could work for a comp sci madman. And the younger son is overall smarter than the older one, but not as narrowly focused (early leader is neuropsych) and with a higher baseball ceiling.

I love everything about this except the baseball part. Sidelining dadding was an absolute blast.

 

[Catch1lion]

Baseball is so crazy tight on scholies. The six year kids should be gone. The new JUCO rule and roster limits are a challenge . MLB culling the number of minor league spots has put some kids in college . My nephew is at a smaller D-1. They just lost their best two pitchers to the SEC. Definitely musical chairs on steroids .

 

[ApexLion]

Thanks ... yeah, it's going to be a trip. I have a junior in high school who is a computer science nerd, and he's pretty set that it's all he's interested in (he's already taking college level AI-programming classes). That presents its own challenges since he also wants to play baseball in college and he currently projects as a D3 kid ... and most of the best comp sci programs are bigger D1 baseball schools. Right now he's MIT or bust (I think UChicago and Johns Hopkins should be in play, with Tufts as a safety school). If he foregoes baseball, or develops a bit more in that area, the Ivies are in play (Harvard and Brown are nearby, and we're also well acquainted with them). We're in the initial steps of seeing if any of the other NESCAC schools (Williams, Amherst, etc.) could work for a comp sci madman. And the younger son is overall smarter than the older one, but not as narrowly focused (early leader is neuropsych) and with a higher baseball ceiling.

A lot of options @Moogy. You and your sons don’t need my advice. However, my two cents: go to the compsi program where he gets the best vibes. A mentor in compsi is huge. Who is going to take care of your kid?

BTW, I was told the following by a Pirates scout at the American Legion East-West game before I played baseball at PSU: you are too smart, get your degree. Take that fwiw.

 

[Moogy]

Baseball is so crazy tight on scholies. The six year kids should be gone. The new JUCO rule and roster limits are a challenge . MLB culling the number of minor league spots has put some kids in college . My nephew is at a smaller D-1. They just lost their best two pitchers to the SEC. Definitely musical chairs on steroids .

Yeah, the college baseball landscape is insane. We're not going to play the recruiting "game," even if my boys are good enough. It's academics first, second and third. If we run into any coaches who try to dick us around, they can pound sand ... my boys don't need baseball like some of these families who have sold out to pursue the dream.

We've witnessed decent academic kids from good families go to **** academic schools with a D3 program because they didn't get their D1 dream school, so they think they're going to get early PT at the D3, and then transfer. I got news for you ... your kid is max effort 85-87 mph, straight as an arrow, without projectability and with only 1 secondary, which he can't consistently locate - his future ain't baseball. They could have had him go to a high academic D2/D3 and just have fun and get that quality degree. Instead, he'll be in transfer hell, struggling to transfer credits.