<p>A parent of one of my DS's teammates was telling me that her son is being recruited by Ivies to play football. This family definitely needs financial aid. When she mentioned that her son would only go "where the money is," I asked how that would happen, since Ivies (as far as I know) don't give athletic scholarships. She said that the schools had indicated that they would reimburse the family for tuition after it had been paid. Does this make any sense at all? The kid is a decent student and a decent athlete, but he's nothing spectacular in either area. Just wondering if anyone has any info about this.</p>
<p>Reading playing the Game right now–which is helpful
All ivies can do is offer need based aid–no merit, no athletic…
Admission is based on the AI plus other stuff AI evidently does not make it all happen
Coaches lie to keep as many recruits in play as long as possible…sorry to hear but evidently true…in as much as there can be 20 “top recruits” for fewer slots </p>
<p>If the kid is a Jr–have them read Playing the Game–
if he is a Sr-he is already in the dance…</p>
<p>No, it makes no sense and if true would get the schools tossed out of the league.</p>
<p>I didn’t think it made sense. I feel kind of bad for them, because I know they’re not getting the guidance they need. Unless he gets need based aid, which I don’t think his API will qualify him for, I can’t imagine how he’ll go to any of these schools. They keep sending film to the schools and getting phone calls. He’d be so much better off trying to get recruited by a state school where he might get aid or they might be able to pay. I can’t say anything because I don’t know them well enough. He’s a senior, so its all a done deal.</p>
<p>I firmly believe that some students and parents only hear what they want to hear. It is doubtful a coach said anything about reimbursing tuition but that may have been their mental spin about what was said. Elizabeth, you are absolutely right they should look in-state. Is there someone else who can approach them? The HS coach?</p>
<p>Erin’s Dad, they are kind of misguided and believe that their son is an outstanding athlete with excellent academics, when in fact he is a good athlete with decent academics. Because he is the first in his family to go to college, his parents are kind of in awe of him. Our coach tends not to get involved with recruiting for anyone but the top players on the team, though he will send film and stats as needed - he’s very old school that way. The father is a “loud talker” who wants everyone to hear about his son, and the mother is just kind of uninformed. I don’t think there’s any comfortable way to broach the subject.</p>
<p>Its even more awkward because there are other boys on the team who ARE getting recruited and offered spots/scholarships, but at much more reasonable schools (U of WAshington, U of San Diego, Northern ARizona). You would think these parents would look up and see what’s reality, but they don’t. I feel sorry for the kid, who unfortunately is pretty delusional himself.</p>
<p>Many of the students I know who attended schools like Princeton/Yale were sought after for their athletic skills.</p>
<p>Since private schools have their own forms as well as FAFSA, they can identify need ( and assets), FAFSA cannot.</p>
<p>If the family qualifies for need based aid, the Ivies are known for being generous.
Additionally, while some schools ( don’t know this about the ivies specifically- but other need base only schools), are need only, there are also outside scholarships/funds - probably funded by alums, that award merit for current students- so perhaps that is what the parent was referring to.</p>
<p>However, I would agree that the Ivies are very good at convincing students that they are just a step or so away from admission.
A pity, because I have known students to waste a lot of time and energy when it could have been used researching schools that were more likely.</p>
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<p>My D1s school does this, and I think it holds true for the rest of the Ivies, but the alum funded aid is a replacement for regular institutional FA, so it helps the subsidize the school (and likely facilitates their being more generous overall), but doesn’t change the bottom line for that particular student.</p>