<p>My son received a letter of intent for D1 track in the mail from his first choice. Now what? I originally filled out fin aid forms already and still do not have anything back in terms of packages. My question is that the D1 letter came in with no mention of aid. Is there an expectation there would be when a letter is sent?</p>
<p>My son does not feel comfortable asking for $ from the coach especially when he knows he was going to this school anyway. Still a large price tag and anything would help. I just don;t want to just rely on the fin aid from other programs...What do we do?</p>
<p>There was no scholarship in the National Letter of Intent? That is odd and I would call the coach for clarification. If you are talking about a full financial aid package, you may need to call the financial aid office regarding that. When does the NLI need to be returned?</p>
<p>end of april it has to be returned. So, do all NLIs attach money? The letter did say ‘letter of intent’ . I assume the word national is there too esp since it’s a D1 school.</p>
<p>Starry, Many schools are now sending a “Letter of Intent” - which is an indication of acceptance – before the official acceptance letter comes out. The NCAA issues a National Letter of Intent, which may or may not have scholarship money attached. There is no correlation between athletic money, merit money, or financial aid. The NLI would just include athletic money.</p>
<p>On an athletic letter, the language is almost ALL about the sport - are you sure yours is an NLI (sports commitment) or is it an acceptance Letter of Intent?</p>
<p>There is no reason to have an NLI unless there is a scholarship offer. The NLI Is the contract for the athletic financial aid. If there is no money, there is no NLI.</p>
<p>NCAA National Letters of Intent actually are the offer of aid for athletes. The definition of The National Letter of Intent is a standardized form used to convey the official offer of financial aid for athletes. Is this an NCAA school and sport?</p>
<p>DD had multiple NLI’s sent to her 11/09 and ALL had a Grant In Aid offer included. Both NLI and GIA had to be signed and returned - the NLI contracting DD to play for school, and GIA to confirm scholarship amount.</p>
<p>You definitely need to contact coach for clarification. Several other recruits on her team only received NLI and did not receive scholarship offers. They are hoping to earn scholarships in Soph, Jr and/or Sr years…</p>
<p>My daughter’s friend recently received an NLI - after she received acceptance from the school; she will receive no athletic money, but the NLI clearly stated the school was looking for commitment from her as a walk on athlete.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone. I have the letter with me now and it’s 2 separate documents. One is just a regular letter signed by the coach that says my son has officially earned a spot on the T&F team for the 2011-2012 season.</p>
<p>The second has a title called “Letter of Commitment” not letter of intent like I thought it was previously. I guess this is the difference. So, this letter states my son’s name , address and sport along with the date issued and the coach’s signature. It states that when my son signs that he agrees to meet the NCAA eligibility requirements and admission requirements and attend beginning in the fall 2011. It also ends with a statement that says"This is not a financial agreement".</p>
<p>Is there any way at this point to request aid? My son is a mid-distance runner with his best time at 1:55.5 followed by 1:56 in outdoor junior year. He’s a 4 time all state, 4 time first team all-catholic ,…so it’s not like he doesn’t have a leg to stand on. Did I fail to do something to position him for athletic aid? THis is his #1 school regardless if he ran or not. </p>
<p>Hey - your son sounds like a talented runner, but there are a few realities in T&F recruiting that may be working against you as far as receiving athletic scholarship money. The first one being that a fully funded D1 program has 12 mens scholarships to spread across the entire team. Typically 3 or 4 are available for each incoming class. (they can be, and usually are, doled out in smaller percentages.)</p>
<p>In a competitive D1 track conference (Pac-10, Big 10, SEC) ~sub 1:52 800m times are usually the scholarship kids. Coaches bring on a lot of kids freshman year, often with no money but with the assurance that the money will follow if they score points in a meet. For that reason, there is a lot of attrition in T&F when you look at the number of frosh on the roster compared to the number of seniors.</p>
<p>Sorry if I’m being a buzzkill here, but if money hasn’t come up yet, chances are it’s not going to. By all means, don’t be afraid to ask about it - but my guess is the likelihood is pretty slim. But, he’s going to run for his #1 school, right? So that’s a good thing - congrats!</p>
<p>I can’t speak for T&F but my son plays an individual sport that is also an equivalency sport meaning shared $$. It seems the pattern has been, the ones who come in with $ continue to get $ or even more $ and the ones that just have a spot on the team are not receiving money and if they are not much. It’s important to decide if the fav. school is better than receiving aid. I would agree also that at the D1 level the likelihood of receiving any aid from any program this late in the year is not good. But on the flip side VERY FEW athletes have the talent to compete at the D1 level so congrats… :)</p>