<p>springisintheair…a better way to get in touch with goaliedad, might be to send him a private message. Just click on his username and on his page, click
“send a private message”.
Anyway…I think most aid is need-based aid, however, as someone once noted, part of that is how much the school “needs” you! If your child is a stellar athlete and will really be an impact athlete on the Varsity team, there might be money available. If I were you, I would contact the coach of the team you are interested in to ask about that.
What sport does your son/daughter play?</p>
<p>I’m here. I haven’t turned off monitoring of this thread.</p>
<p>First about non-need based FA. Usually these “scholarships” are nominally based upon academics and leadership. I’ll use the Batten Scholarship at Culver Academy as an example. I believe that often it is awarded to athletes, as it is based upon leadership (which can be demostrated through athletics) and academics. However, this is an award for incoming freshmen and sophomores.</p>
<p>As to PG “scholarship” opportunities, I am not familiar with any. That is not to say that your athletic skills may have nothing to do with a “need-based” award as schools are free to use the SSS information they receive and interpret it as they please.</p>
<p>Typically though, most PGs I’ve come across are full-pay or close to full-pay, as most schools would rather invest in athletes whom they will get more than 1 year of play from.</p>
<p>That being said, it is not unheard of for a school to full-ride a specialist when they unexpectedly find themself in need of one late in the game. A friend on a hockey forum told me about one boarding school situation where the girls hockey coach had their recruited goalie drop out in the first week of class. The following weekend he went to a practice for a regional powerhouse club team found the coach and asked if he had any available goalies. The club coach told him about the 3 who might fit the bill, one being a young developmental with lots of promise, a second being a marginal student with top talent, another being ready to deliver and a good student, but needing full-coin. That full-coin girl was attending class on the following Monday. In this case I believe that the school had the full tuition already paid by the previous goalie family, so they were fine with plugging her in after a quick call to the girl’s school for a check of grades. No, he did not tell me what school.</p>
<p>Point is here that it can happen, but there is no magic formula. Obviously you have to be desperately needed and available. Desperately needed is determined by the committment of the school to the particular program and the unexpected shortfall in available talent.</p>
<p>I don’t know your particulars (sport, position, academic qualification, etc.), but if you missed out on a workable (i.e. accepted and affordable) situation during this admissions phase, you need to have your ear to the ground to find out which school had a yield problem when committments are made and you need someone (like your coach) to advocate for you with those schools. Now there are schools that are willing to let certain sport programs suffer if they don’t get their expected yield and only pony up when it becomes next to impossible to field a team (a major embarassment), so losing 1 or 2 key recruits may not be enough to prompt a panic. You have to understand the particular school’s position with regards to filling in programs.</p>
<p>So like keylyme said, part of it is how much the school “needs” you.</p>
<p>I hope this is helpful.</p>
<p>“Typically though, most PGs I’ve come across are full-pay or close to full-pay, as most schools would rather invest in athletes whom they will get more than 1 year of play from.”</p>
<p>I think an exception to this might be the top ten basketball schools…they are made up almost completely of PG’s, many from other countries and inner city kids. I think all they are looking for there is the best players they can get, whether or not the kids can pay. We went to see some of the NEPSAC playoffs…phenomenal.</p>
<p>I forgot about that aspect, Keylyme. If a prospect says NBA all over them, there are several schools (including my D’s) that have been known to take them in with all necessary FA for a PG year. I believe there is at least one such alum in the NBA from my D’s school.</p>
<p>Being a little cynical here, I think that schools are planting seeds for future donors when they bring in money sport PGs on a full-ride.</p>