<p>My d was offered an atheletic scholarship for soccer. The scholarship was 40% of her tuition. Also the school said she qualified for an academic scholarship that will pay another 40% of her tuition so out of pocket expense will be 20%. My question is is 40% a decent atheletic scholarship for D1 school. The school is a few states away and we want to make sure the school is serious about her as a player on the team</p>
<p>How good the athletic scholarship depends in part on how good the school is. A 40% tuition scholarship at a school like North Carolina or Michigan is one thing. A 40% tuition scholarship at Southwest Eastern Central State might be something entirely different.</p>
<p>There is a recruited athlete forum you may want to post this in.</p>
<p>I agree with Erin’s Dad – and you might specifically want to title your thread something like “Evaluating Soccer Scholarship Offer”. What I’ve seen is that even at the D1 level, the sport makes a huge difference. Many sports give mostly partial scholarships. (I’d be careful not to disclose the school’s name or even possibly the conference, but knowing your daughter’s position might be important information.)</p>
<p>*The scholarship was 40% of her tuition. Also the school said she qualified for an academic scholarship that will pay another 40% of her tuition so out of pocket expense will be 20%. *</p>
<p>???</p>
<p>do you mean an athletic scholarship that covers 40% of** college costs<a href=“tuition,%20room,%20and%20board”>/B</a> PLUS an academic scholarship that covers 40% of college costs? </p>
<p>Or…do you mean 40% of tuition PLUS 40% of tuition? If so, that leaves you with a lot more than 20% to pay. You’d have to pay 20% of tuition PLUS room, board, and books. That could be more than half of college costs.</p>
<p>Actually, many athletic scholarships are partial scholarships. Only some (like football) are “full head” scholarships.</p>
<p>What is the school’s COA? And how much is each scholarship worth?</p>
<p>40% sounds very good to me even without the other 40% merit aid. But I agree that whether it’s worth it or not to go depends on the quality of the school.</p>
<p>No coach is going to give a 40% scholarship to a ho-hum athlete. However, if the team is highly ranked, with a large number of upperclassmen, a freshman or sophomore could find herself warming the bench for a long while. </p>
<p>Check out the team roster for it’s size and depth of talent, particularly in your daughter’s postion. Ask the coach directly how much play she will expect to have in her first years.</p>
<p>Talk to your D to see how she feels about being a small fish in a big pond, or would she prefer to start as a star at a smaller, less competitive school.</p>
<p>Has she gone for an Official Visit and met the team, watched a game, etc?</p>
<p>Who cares if you warm the bench,i am of the opinion it is the scholarship $$$ that is the more important issue here…I also believe the 40% scholarship is tuition only,hence you still have r&b to account for…the second 40% is also likley tuition,not r&b,though it’d be great if it was all inclusive…</p>
<p>^^The other thing to keep in mind is that athletic scholarships, just like academic merit scholarships, are only awarded one year at a time. At many DI schools benchwarmers in non-revenue sports either don’t receive or don’t retain athletic scholarships.</p>
<p>It is not at all uncommon for coaches to split their scholarships up to offer something to more recruits. So rather than 100% to one girl, the coach offers 40-40-10-10 and hooks four. And yes, do make sure to inquire what exactly does the 40% cover.; 80% of tutition may only be 50% of the cost-to-attend.</p>
<p>I agree, clarify what it will cover. Someone we know was offered 100% tuition only which still left them to cover room and board (which was more than tuition!)</p>
<p>I’d like to throw in another question, if the scholarships are renewed annually, can the amount change?</p>
<p>Athletic scholarship amounts certainly can change annually. Budgets change, new recruit talent can be given more money, so current athletes’ money can decrease. Unless there is something in writing for all four years, there is no guarantee.</p>
<p>Appropos to the subject of the NCAA’s policy limiting athletic scholarships to a one-year period, this article discusses a law suit recently filed by a former Rice University athlete who is challenging that policy:</p>
<p>[Lawsuit</a> against NCAA seeks to remove limits on athletic scholarships - Campus Rivalry: College Football & Basketball News, Recruiting, Game Picks, and More - USATODAY.com](<a href=“Lawsuit against NCAA seeks to remove limits on athletic scholarships”>Lawsuit against NCAA seeks to remove limits on athletic scholarships)</p>
<p>It is pretty easy to find out which schools cut kids and which honor the scholarships for at least 4 years. The law can just stay out of this. Much bigger fish to fry I would hope.</p>
<p>D1 women’s soccer is limited to a maximum of 14 scholarships in total for the team. </p>
<p>Some schools are not “fully funded” in certain sports, so they may not have the full 14 scholarships available. </p>
<p>I 'm not sure what a typical roster size is for this sport, but three that I just checked had rosters of 25, 26, and 26. </p>
<p>There is a lot of variability among sports, and special rules that apply to each. I’m sure there is a women’s soccer message board that talks about recruiting that will have more information than you wanted to know. But I don’t know where it is. In some men’s sports, there is an upper limit on how thinly you can spread the scholarships (eg, in baseball, there is a limit of 27 on scholarship recipients, even though the roster limit is 35. So if they carry a full roster, at least 8 players are receiving no scholarship.) I believe in women’s tennis, each player must receive a full scholarship [not 100% sure of this].</p>
<p>My guess is a 40% athletic scholarship is not a “token” offer.</p>
<p>I still would want clarification.</p>
<p>The OP says “80% of tuition”…does he mean tuition? Does he mean 80% of tuition, room, board, books? or COA (which is higher than tuition, room, board and books)? </p>
<p>A friend of mine thought her son was getting an awesome near-full ride athletic scholarships, but later found out that she had to pay for the meal plan, the housing, the books, the incidentals…which added up to more than the “scholarship.”</p>
<p>A 40% scholarship sounds good to me if the NCAA scholarship limit for D1 women’s soccer is 14. My D is a D1 track athlete with a 50% scholarship. We consider that good given the fact that women’s cross country and track have to split 17 scholarships among both sports and across the runners and field athletes. At some schools, the scholarship level varies each year with the athlete’s performance. One school that recruited D based the scholarship entirely on the athlete’s performance at the conference meet - talk about pressure on a kid. Even D’s team has threatened athletes with a reduction in scholarship for lack of “production”. </p>
<p>Her scholarship has been worth about $26,000 a year, but it has not been an easy road academically or athletically. The student athlete and her family will really have to consider whether this would be the right school should the sport not work out. A lot can happen over the course of 4 years. The athlete may encounter injuries, coaching changes, academic issues, performance issues which can affect the scholarship and the athlete’s desire to stick with the sport. My D has faced all those issues and sometimes I think it is a wonder that she is still at her school, still competing, and still on scholarship.</p>