<p>My 2013 D is getting many hits on the recruiting websites because of GPA and height 6'2" despite only rowing since this summer. She recently dropped both high school softball and golf teams to devote herself to rowing. We thought that her upside was greater with crew from what we have heard and been told by college recruiters. Her ERG scores are best in her class but it is early in her development. Is there a typical scholarship that accompanies a great GPA and blessed height with limited experience, or is it based on how well you can sell yourself to the coaching community. We would like to stay west coast based but we would consider offers from any schools. We have friends that were placed at various schools getting seemingly confidential offers. Any insights on what is being offered and what can be expected would be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>Not sure, but our neighbor D 2012 now signed with big 12 school for books only.</p>
<p>Crew/rowing is a partial headcount sport for scholarships…which means a school is going to share its scholarships amongst multiple students.</p>
<p>For womens rowing/crew the allotment is 20 scholarships for Div 1 and 2. (That doesn’t mean 20 per year…that mean 20 total divided however the school wants)</p>
<p>For an equivalency sport, coaches have a certain total dollar amount in the “scholarship pot,” but can split it up among multiple athletes in any proportions they want. They can carry more athletes on partial scholarships and this provides the opportunity to develop more players. It is harder to get a full scholarship in an equivalency sport because it is in the coach’s best interest to use the allotment of scholarship money to get as many highpotential athletes on the team as possible. Every other sport offered at the collegiate level not mentioned above as a headcount sport is an equivalency sport. Look back at the chart for a minute. You will notice that D-I men’s soccer allows 9.9 scholarships and D-I men’s volleyball allows 4.5. With eleven soccer players on the fi eld at a time, and six volleyball players on a court, even all of the first string players can’t be awarded full scholarships. And don’t forget all the other players waiting on the sidelines. For most sports, partial-scholarship athletes, walk-ons, and non-scholarship athletes are an important part of the mix.</p>
<p>[NCAA</a> Scholarship Allotment](<a href=“http://www.berecruited.com/resources/recruiting-assistance-from-qput-me-in-coachq/ncaa-scholarship-allotment]NCAA”>http://www.berecruited.com/resources/recruiting-assistance-from-qput-me-in-coachq/ncaa-scholarship-allotment)</p>
<p>I know someone who got a combo of swimming and academic scholarships. The school gives assured free tuition to those with certain stats, so the athletic scholarship helped pay for housing.</p>
<p>Novice - You have (almost) come to the right place. There is a group of posters in the College Admissions/Specialty College Admissions Topics/Athletic Recruits forum that know more about this than you could imagine, and they are quite willing to share.</p>
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<p>She might look into University of Washington. And (I know, East Coast) Dartmouth!</p>
<p>Dartmouth, along with the other Ivies as well as Williams, have strong crew programs but don’t give athletic scholarships.</p>
<p>My niece got a full scholarship to Stanford for crew. I believe she was also offered a full scholarship to UVA.</p>