<p>Just trying to figure out what we can expect. If our D is recruited and offered a scholarship, do they give their "full" award at the same time. It is not common to get a full ride for her sport so we are looking at schools where some merit aid would come as well. Do most schools give the full aid package when they make the athletic offer? She is also considering some DIII schools so we will want to know the ins and outs before we make a decision. With the signing days being well before financial aid packages usually come out, how do you know what the bottom line is for each school?</p>
<p>I realize that each school may have a different procedure so whatever info you have is fantastic. Thanks.</p>
<p>I am guessing it depends on when your D commits to her school. In our case our son committed very early and he accepted the athletic offer in and of itself, if he was to get anymore either academic or “whatever” that would have added to it but he did not. Sophomore year he got upped to full athletic (tuition, books, housing and food)… For our daughter she signed late senior year and at that time they were able to let us know exactly what she was going to get for athletic and academic together. This school did want to see our FAFSA to help them with their decision process. Her freshman season has just ended and I am anxiously awaiting to see if her aid will remain the same… fingers crossed!!!</p>
<p>ds has received 2 athletic scholarship offers so far. one school included the offer with their f/a package and included academic merit aid. the other school extended the athletic scholarship offer without the f/a package. my guess is it depends on if the schools have access to the fafsa info. and that is going to be after fafsa is submitted and processed. for ds, the f/a packages are just now starting to come in and it is March 1. you may be able to ask for a pre-read from the f/a office. you might ask the coach if they have a liason to the f/a office from the athletics department. we’ve done that in the past (with our older d).</p>
<p>I am under the impression that any financial aid award negates the amount of the athletic scholarship. For example, if athlete awarded a $25,000 athletic scholarship, and is eligible for a $20,000 financial aid award, the athletic scholly is reduced to $5,000. Incidentally, (I’ve heard this from the coach) the team is charged for the full $25,000 against their athletic scholly totals. </p>
<p>Is this true? Am I interpretting this correctly?</p>
<p>search “blending scholarships” for equivalency sports. I believe that if the athlete earns academic merit money based on meeting certain academic criteria - it’s not counted against the team scholarship totals</p>
<p>yes, i agree with varska. if certain academic criteria is met, it doesn’t count towards the team’s dollars.
remember if d3, no are no athletic scholarships. ds’s two offers involve naia and d2 schools presently.<br>
as you research, suggest you find out the specifics for all the entities, naia, ncaa (d1, d2, d3). junior colleges are also another option. it’s not uncommon for those kids to go on to 4 year schools after spending 1 or 2 years at the junior college level. depending on the sport, say football, those recruits may be highly recruited as they come in ready to play in the bigger programs.</p>
<p>imafan, varska is correct, in equivalency sports, if there is athletic aid that is offset by academic aid then that money goes back into the teams budget. If your cost per year is $20,000 and you are on a full ride, but then get $6000 for academic then the athletic gets reduced to $14000 and the $6000 can be used elsewhere for another player.</p>
<p>Ok, say your costs are 40,000 and you get 20,000 for athletic and 20,000 for merit, they don’t cancel one or the other, you still get 40K total, correct?</p>