So I kinda have two questions. I’m transferring from a 4 year where I did not get any athletic money for my freshman year but I was offered money for my sophomore year. However, I want to transfer to a 2 year local community college that doesn’t offer my sport so I will be “redshirting” this year. However I’m planning on transferring to a 4 year D1 college after my “redshirt” year in Florida.
So my questions are:
1- The first and community college are both PA schools however, I was thinking of going to Florida to establish my residency there with my father so I could commute to school or even if I live on campus, can I receive instate tuition especially if I had residency in Florida for a year (August 2017-August 2018)
2- Can I still receive a scholarship to the new Florida school if I attend 1 year of community and don’t participate in a sport?
I thought sports scholarships especially D1 were reserved for recruited athletes. So…you would need to be recruited by the D 1 school to get a scholarship.
If your father is a Florida resident AND you reside with him…you MIGHT be able to,get instate residency. You need to find out if you have to establish that residency before you enroll in ANY FL college.
Your athletic eligibility has nothing to do with residency for tuition. Play, don’t play, they don’t care (although some schools do give instate rates to athletes).
States have their own rules for who is eligible for tuition under their parent(s) residency. You’s have to check out Florida and Pennsylvania to see what those rules are (if your mother lives in PA?).
http://www.flbog.edu/forstudents/ati/resrequirements.php
Some require you to be a dependent on the taxes (looks like FL does), some don’t care. My nephew had (has?) residency in Fl because he graduated from high school there (lived with mother), and in Colorado because his father lives there (no requirement that he be a dependent or even live with father), and then his mother moved to CT so he could be instate there too.
I wouldn’t be surprised if you could get instate tuition at the community college in FL almost immediately. If your father is military or retired military, even more likely. There are a lot of exceptions made for the military.
I’m a track and field athlete I was on a d2 team was offered a scholarship for my second year and I checked the website of the school I’m planning on going to in FL and I meet the scholarship standards so I was assuming I’d be able to score a scholarship
@twoinanddone wouldn’t this student need to be sort of recruited?
I think the OP is making some poor assumptions regarding athletic scholarships at Division 1 schools. Getting offered an athletic scholarship at your D2 school would have no bearing on getting offered one at a D1 school…or even another D2 school.
Just because one D2 school gives you a scholarships doesn’t mean another will. Even schools within a division are quite different in what they award athletes for scholarship. Even athletes on the same team often get very different amounts for athletic money.
Since you competed on a D2 team this year, even though you didn’t receive any money you’ll have to check your eligibility for D1. I think you will be fine if you do not compete for a year but it your responsibility to check that with the NCAA, get the proper releases from your current team, and find out any requirements.
The OP really has too many scenarios between D1 and D2, community college for a year, PA and FL to answer the question. Even then, FSU will have different requirements than UCF, and different amounts available for athletes. I’d guess there’d be no money at all for an unrecruited transfer.
I agree with the previous posters. One school offering a scholarship has no bearing on another school’s interest or ability to offer a scholarship. Track is not a money-making sport, and scholarships are not plentiful at many schools. You must make sure you obtain a signed released form from the school you are leaving or you cannot run for another school. If you redshirted this year, you might not be in a position to redshirt this upcoming year (unless you have a sickness/injury or other qualified reason for redshirting). If you are unable to redshirt, it will likely count against your eligibility.
How do you know the coach of the FL school is interested in you? Was it one of the original schools that was recruiting you? I would suggest you NOT contact any coach yourself unless you have obtained the necessary permission from your school, have a signed release and read the NCAA guidelines carefully to make certain you are allowed to do so.
My son was a D1 XC/Track and Field athlete that did go through a transfer process. He also received a track scholarship. It is a process that must be followed carefully. I will tell you what I told him–do not pick a school for athletic reasons only. Pick a school where you see yourself succeeding academically and a school you can afford to attend.
Is there a compelling reason to leave the school that you are attending now?
@oldUVAgrad Yes, I decided to go to community because I recently switched to a major that wasn’t offered at my old school. The new school I’m looking at is University of North Florida.
What is the old/new major?