<p>Our daughter was asked on an OV to visit the coach/team of an out of state school. The cooach has said in numerous emails that he is VERY intersted in her. We went on the visit, where she was told that the coach considers her one of his top recruits. However, at this time, he has no $. The coach mentioned that he/she might have some in January.....but our daughter had a spot on the next year team, and it is up to her if she wants it. We came back home and discussed. We wrote a nice email saying that she wanted to be a part of the team and loved the school. The coach wrote back that let him/her know when our daughter was ready to commit to the school. Here is the problem: I KNOW D2 schools don't have TONS of $$$$. However, for this school is out of state. There is NO WAY we can afford this school without help from them. HOW do I say this to the coach? I know D2 won't give full academic........but we need something to offset the out of state tuition. What is a nice way of saying: We can't afford it. And something that I don't understand.........why bring us for an official visit, if there was no $ to offer. Why not tell us he wants her in an email and offer her a walkon position, like a D1 school did already.
Any advice?</p>
<p>You’ve already said it.
I KNOW D2 schools don’t have TONS of $$$$. However, for this school is out of state. There is NO WAY we can afford this school without help from them. HOW do I say this to the coach? I know D2 won’t give full academic…but we need something to offset the out of state tuition.
Lose the caps and write an honest email.
See where that goes.</p>
<p>Here is a link to the NCAA allotment for scholarships for men/women at D1 and D2 for fully funded programs. This is the max a school can give out in athletic scholarships. Some schools will not have that much, pending athletic dept. [NCAA</a> Scholarship Allotment](<a href=“http://www.berecruited.com/resources/recruiting-assistance-from-qput-me-in-coachq/ncaa-scholarship-allotment]NCAA”>http://www.berecruited.com/resources/recruiting-assistance-from-qput-me-in-coachq/ncaa-scholarship-allotment)
I would just be honest. That is a very real problem. Going out of state is an issue. Tell him your daughter really does want to go there but you cannot afford to without help.
If the coach can commit to giving your daughter money for her last 3 years would that make a difference? Maybe the money is tied up with a current athlete and it will become available.</p>
<p>Thanks for the suggetions…I already knew the number of scholarships allowed for my daughters sport. It isn’t alot. I feel like I’m playing a game, and don’t understand the language or the rules. If the coach had no money, and he knew this before inviting us, why bother to bring us up and spend over 6 hours giving us a “hard sell” on the school and the team? How can he not know if he will have money before the end of January? I hate this whole process.
Thanks so much for your advice, and allowing me to vent.</p>
<p>Does the coach not have any money or has he not been given his budget yet? We came across both. One coach has very little scholarship money to hand out and our D, his top recruit was offered $500, the other 2 kids he was recruiting got to split the other $500 he had. A couple coaches had not been given their budgets by the college when we met with them but gave ballpark figures. Once they got their official budgets they gave more of an exact figure. DD was the top recruit at all the schools she was considering so she was offered the biggest award they could give her. A couple of the coaches flat out said that if we needed more money to let them know and they would find more merit awards for her. I’m surprised that they paid for an official visit if they don’t have scholarship dollars to award. That seems a little backwards.</p>
<p>We had the same problem my son was recruited by a school as a track athlete, he is a thrower was accepted early Septmeber, went on the over night, loved it and then was told they have no money for track. He is devestated. We are hoping for some financial aid, but why would they recruit, it is a D2 school</p>
<p>Coaches are always going to recruit, money available or not. Their job is to get the best athletes they can. And, lets face it, there are plenty of athletes out there who would be happy to be on a college team with or without money. Many times a coach will not have money available first year but if the athlete proves themselves then the funds can come around the last 3 years.</p>
<p>Have you followed up on academic options? Our D is going D2, also out of state. She got decent athletic, but admissions also worked closely with us to max her academic. They also helped us find external academic scholarships, some of which are very generous. On our own, we have also found some external scholarships she can apply for. And we just found out she is eligible to compete for a FULL RIDE that is available to a limited number of students each year at her university, funded by an alumnus. Lastly, we are also about to fill out the FAFSA to see what help that will be. My point being - if she REALLY wants to attend the school, start looking really hard at non-athletic funding options. You might be pleasantly surprised.</p>
<p>Squidge…
Ironically, suddenly…DD has become a finalist to a special program that will pay for in-state tuition. Not sure how they will handle the rest, since we are OUT of state…but we will see.</p>
<p>Boy!
How things have changed. We emailed the Coach, and told him that we needed $$. He said he had none. Our daughter didn’t make “the final cut” for that special program that would have given her instate tuition. She was crushed. HOWEVER!
One Sunday night, out of the clear blue…we got a phone call from a Coach from a D3 school who had seen our daughter compete at Nationals. (we never even contacted them!) He told us about a very nice program that could make attending his out of state school as affordable as going instate…or even cheaper. It sounded “fishy”.
I did some research on that state’s “board of regants”. Sure enough…there is a SMALL paragraph that discusses this topic. At our expense, we flew to visit this school. The coach did a SUPER job of selling us on this school. Made my daughter feel like a “rock star”. We came home with solid facts and figures. This school was offering us a deal that made it VERY AFFORDABLE for my daughter to attend. While it isn’t a HUGE school…or D1, they have a great team…a Coach who talks to my daughter almost weekly since her commitment, and my daugher can continue her sport. I never thought of D3, because of the lack of athletic scholarships…but people might be surprised at what they can ofer!</p>