<p>My DH just saw something that he believes says that the state of South Carolina has a reduced tuition for OOS DI Athletes (between In state and OOS tuition). Do other states have this? It appears it is for all South Carolina State schools? Anyone know anything about this? We are just trying to get a grasp on what are costs will be with our S15 if and when he decides to sign to be a DI athlete. Have you heard of any other states doing this?</p>
<p>The coach at UT-Austin told us that they CAN’T do that. What sport is your son in? The one ours is in doesn’t have that much to go around. A good number of their recruits are offered reimbursement for books, but that’s it.</p>
<p>He is a swimmer. The website just says “UNDERGRADUATE - NONRESIDENT - SCHOLARSHIP - ATHLETICS” - the tuition is about half of OOS tuition and about 1500/semester more than instate. I know how many scholarships are available for swimming (9.9!) so we know its not much money to hand out but we are just confused with what the total “starts” at for different schools. We have many friends who have gone through this process but we really don’t like to talk money with them - easier to get information here I think. Of course, he is just a junior so we have time to ask the coaches and admissions but just want to start getting an idea,</p>
<p>ahsmuoh</p>
<p>This is from the USC website:</p>
<p>“Non-Resident Athletics scholarship implies athletic grant-in-aid at the USC Columbia Campus. This rate may not apply to all scholarship student-athletes, based upon designation by the Athletics Department. The Office of Student Financial Aid and Scholarships awards grants-in-aid in accordance with NCAA, conference and institutional guidelines.”</p>
<p>So a coach can offer a reduced tuition scholarship but the difference between that and OOS tuition would be considered an athletic scholarship under NCAA rules and would count against the 9.9 scholarships.</p>
<p>Swimdad is right. Our experience with USC is that any athletic money offered by the school counts as part of the team’s scholarship allocation and will need to be negotiated. The school does have several scholarships that they grant to attract OOS students, but they are open to all students, not just athletes via a supplemental scholarship application. We had several conversations with coaches and there was never a mention of an automatic OOS tuition package just because you are an athlete. While he is not a swimmer, I am confident that we got far enough into discussions at USC that a blanket OOS tuition waiver for all athletes would have been mentioned, had it existed.</p>
<p>Thank you both for the information. We were not sure how to interpret this chart.</p>
<p>Just a thought… We know that NCAA allows 9.9 scholarships for D1, but is that what the schools you are interested in are actually funding? Often schools will not fully fund the allowable scholarships and may offer less than what is allowed. Just something to check into with each school.</p>
<p>Yes. We know that not all are fully funded. So we will ask. Thanks for the reminder.</p>