If I get recruited by a sport to a college, any division, then can I get financial aid and other merit?
There is no athletic aid for D3 schools, so you can take any other aid offered. There is no athletic aid at Ivy schools or service academies.
For D1 and D2 schools, the answer is you can usually take merit aid if you meet the NCAA and school requirements, you can take all federal aid, you can take state aid. For other need based grants issued directly from the schools, you’ll have to check with the athletic department but usually you can’t without it counting against the team maximums. If the team is fully funded, it probably doesn’t have room for you to take need based aid.
@twoinanddone Thank you!