<p>My d just got an offer from a school to play soccer. The number was about 30% of an atheletic scholarship. Is that a decent offer. The school is few states away from home. With the atheletic and other scholarships the school provides, we are looking at her tuition being paid by the institution at about 80%.We need to only come up with 20%.</p>
<p>In terms of getting information earlier rather than later, I will be eternally grateful that I discovered this forum last year while doing college research for my older boy, now a college freshman. I had no idea how much I didn’t know about athletic recruiting, because the only athlete in the family is my younger son. He is now in 7th grade, and I expect I will be reading the athletic recruiting forum regularly for the next 7 years…</p>
<p>golgole you might want to repost that in a different thread - every sport is different so only those in the know on soccer could answer well … to me, if you are sure you have to pay only 20% and that’s a fair number for you, I’d consider it a good offer. My daughter was offered less than that (20%) for her sport and we let her agree to it. We’re hoping for more aid when the admissions letter comes, but we understood the logic behind the offer - as far as where she fit in within their conference.</p>
<p>But if you repost as a new thread it will catch the eye of others who might miss it in here. Good luck!</p>
<p>Are you saying that 80% of her TUITION is being paid by the institution or 80% of her total costs? big difference. If they are only paying 80% of tuition, they you’ll be paying a LOT more than 20%…you’ll be paying 20% of tuition PLUS room, board, and books.</p>
<p>Your son <em>must</em> be an official recruit to have the admissions office take athletics into consideration, otherwise he is resting on his academics/essays/extracurriculars/etc. only. You will likely not know if he is an official recruit; Ivy coaches will probably not reveal that information to prospective students, but I could be mistaken. Your son should apply early decision/action if this Ivy offers ED/EA.</p>
<p>I once had an irate father, whose son was not admitted, drive five hours to my office to contest the rejection letter. The father was completely under the impression that his son was an official recruit, but I could see on my computer screen that the son did not make the final recruit list. (After all, a coach only has so many spots for his/her program.) His son was academically okay, but not Ivy material <em>without</em> that official recruitment status.</p>
<p>That said, a verbal commitment is quite good, but I advise your son to complete other applications.</p>
<p>Are you an admissions officer?</p>
<p>Not anymore. See my profile.</p>