East Coast baseball schools?

My 2014 son attends hopkins - football not baseball.   We are and he is very happy there.  They do a great job of supporting a very. Successful d3 athletic department while maintaining the obvious academic reputation.    Brand new top notch baseball facility and great program at their level.   If you have any questions about the school or experience feel free to PM me. 

Stevens Institute of Technology, Wesleyan, Lafayette,  Lehigh,  Swarthmore, Haverford Emory any NESCAC school.

From your description of the schools, but not precisely within the geography,  very good schools with solid baseball programs like Rhodes and De Pauw (Brad Stevens the Celtics coach played basketball there) might be included.

Have your son check out the schools in the Big South Conference.  D-1 Mid Major conference with some really good schools in Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina.  

I'll give you a school in North Carolina that won't quite have the academic profile of some you've mentioned (but still a decent one), but is well regarded here by HS counselors, has a decent baseball program, a wide range of majors and a gorgeous campus.  Costs are moderate for a private school as well (about $28K/year tuition).

Campbell University.  Fighting Camels.  For some reason, I just like this school and our daughter's HS counselor brought it up as a school worth considering.

What does he plan on majoring in? 

If he's a 2017 and looking at NC schools to play D1, I hope he's a pitcher throwing some gas.  Otherwise, it's getting a little late in the process as a position player unless his tools make them look twice.  Even though some of those schools in NC don't show full commitment lists yet on PG, they may have offers out and have kids on their short list to follow updated.  The Mid-Atlantic schools (VA/NC/MD) recruit fairly early and are not all fully funded.

If he's a mid major D1 player, Elon offers good baseball and great academics as well as Campbell.  William and Mary in VA is another option (and they eliminated the defending national champs in regional play).

SunWalkingValley,

If he is a high academic kid then he should probably be looking at academics to start the process.  CACO3GIRL asked you what your son would be majoring in, and that frankly is the most important question (in my opinion) to ask based on what you've shared to date.  

The schools you've listed are extremely competitive....a "decent" ACT probably won't cut it with most of the "Tier one" schools you've listed.  An exceptional ACT may be considered by these schools.  I'm just being honest.  However, defining the major could help us narrow this down or cross some schools off the list.  Majors such as business are fairly universal but other majors can be a lot more difficult to match up with college baseball.  Since most of the schools you've listed are fairly expensive you may want to start with the academics.  Just my ten cents.....my two cents are free.

Campbell was ineligible for the Big South Baseball tournament this year due to graduation rates.  In the Big South High Point is academically well respected but all the Big South schools are very competitive for spots on the team.

The Forbes and US News college rankings are easily sortable by state. Ditto the Princeton Review and the Fiske Guide. Average SAT/ACT and 25%-75% range are also readily available. So a list by geography and test score fit is pretty easy to do. 

Then digging deeper by majors offered, student body profile, campus location, etc. is straightforward.  

Not all schools have a baseball program, but most do.  d3baseball.com, d1baseball.com, d2baseballnews, etc.  These sites provide a wealth of knowledge.

In my experience, creating a potential list is easy.  Now vetting that list by assessing the real academic AND baseball fit...

CaCO3Girl posted:

What does he plan on majoring in? 

Right now, he would probably be Economics.  In the past he considered Pre- health or engineering but counselors that played college athletics have discouraged a heavy major while playing baseball.

Williams college in Massachusetts is rivals with Amherst academically and athletically

Rollins in Florida has a good Economics Program, baseball decent.  Smaller class size 10-12,  super location!

Princeton won the Ivy League Championship this year.  Nice little town, too.  Our daughter (not an athlete) is at Davidson and would vouch for the school; small classes and teacher / student interaction.

If top tier academic school is your son's aim and his ACT is "decent," he could run into some admissions challenges.  Have a look at the schools on this list of test-optional colleges in the US News top 100.  There are some great ones.

http://www.fairtest.org/sites/...S.News-Top-Tiers.pdf

And if you are considering the Carolinas, how about Tennessee -- Sewanee is an excellent school and has the alumni support, non-urban atmosphere and small classes you mention.

Good luck in your search!

Jmho

If your son isn't a legit MLB prospect, head directly toward the top academic schools you can afford which have large and powerful alumni networks and which offer majors your son may settle on (remember his major area of interest will probably change - as do most incoming freshman).  

If your son is not an legit MLB prospect, do not let the tail (baseball) wag the dog - baseball will end (maybe at graduation, maybe several years later - but it will end earlier than his career in whatever field he lands in).

Use baseball to leverage him into the top academic schools where he would otherwise be one of thousands of applicants in the admissions lottery.  The baseball at these schools is fine; competition for playing time is intense; the best of those best actually do get drafted; but, you're hedging your position by not putting all your eggs into the baseball basket.

As previously mentioned...the Big South Conference has a number of quality baseball programs with solid academics.  Virginia, in general, along with North Carolina, are LOADED with many quality D2 and D3 baseball programs (in addition to the obvious plethora of D1s).  Many great schools to consider.  Virginia and North Carolina independently, have more quality academic/baseball options than the Four Corners stated COMBINED!  You could have as many as 30-40 options to consider throughout D1-D3.

sunwalkingvalley posted:

CaCO3Girl posted:

What does he plan on majoring in? 

Right now, he would probably be Economics.  In the past he considered Pre- health or engineering but counselors that played college athletics have discouraged a heavy major while playing baseball.

Your son needs to focus on his major and not settle on something else just to play baseball. Several D3s were mentioned in this thread that we are familiar with. Have any of those college coaches seen your son play? If not, pick the schools your son has a reasonable chance of being admitted (D3) and then show up in the fall of 2017 and wow the coach. He will have as reasonable a chance of making the team as anybody else with "offers".

BTW, please elaborate on the ACT or SAT score and I can tell you if it's even close for a lot of those schools! Don't forget the GPA though - 3.85 and up UNWEIGHTED is needed along with a killer ACT/SAT.