Pros and Cons Schools List

 

Duke University

 
• Pros →

✓ Beautiful campus
✓ New facilities coming to campus
✓ Great school for marine biology
✓ High focus on academics
 

• Cons →

✗ Okay coaches: nice but not a lot of personality
✗ Coaches will recruit late
✗ Campus not as spread out as I thought

 
 

University of Virginia

 
• Pros →

✓ Love the campus and old architecture
✓ Great coaches – very personal
✓ Team was very close
✓ High care for athletes
 

• Cons →

✗ Okay facilities – not top notch

 
 

University of Michigan

 
• Pros →

✓ Great leadership program
✓ Facilities were pretty nice: large and new
✓ Great school for marine biology
✓ High focus on academics
 

• Cons →

✗ Coaches were okay: not a ton of personality or genuineness
✗ Campus very spread out in city
✗ Not very organized (as of unofficial)

 
 

Johns Hopkins University

 
• Pros →

✓ Love the coaches: personal and genuine
✓ Campus is beautiful
✓ Academics are great
✓ High care for athletes
 

• Cons →

✗ Wish they had a better tutor program
✗ Downtown…safety?

 
 

University of Florida

 
• Pros →

✓ Top lacrosse facilities
✓ Has marine biology program
✓ Great academics
✓ Good coaches
✓ High care for athletes

 

• Cons →

✗ Spread out campus
✗ Hot

 
 

University of Oregon

 
• Pros →

✓ Top facilities
✓ Lots of support for other sports
✓ Top coaches – very personal on unofficial visit

 

• Cons →

✗ Distance? – A little far
✗ Rainy weather

 
 

San Diego State

 
• Pros →

✓ Perfect weather
✓ Nice coaches

 

• Cons →

✗ Too far from home
✗ Not enough emphasis on lacrosse
✗ Low academic level