College Scholarships

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Curious from '21 parents or older what percent of costs are being covered when a girl gets an athletic scholarship offer?

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30% - 40%

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30% - 40%

That's pretty typical but as has been said it's like of a bell curve; 30-60 will be the bulk of it, 70%+ for a very limited #, <30% to even zero on the other end of the curve. This is for girls - boys is much, much less

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100 %

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School has total combination scholarship limits to tuition only. Athletic aid covered whatever institutional merit/grants didn’t up to tuition.

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Then there's financial aid - hard to make generalizations there since every family's situation varies

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Then there's financial aid - hard to make generalizations there since every family's situation varies

Better question would be what your scholarship package was without financial aid. If it was athletic only or stacked with academic.

Previous poster is correct. If you are a free lunch student and get into Harvard or Stanford with or without playing sport’s you’re likely on a full ride grant.

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It all comes down to college coach perception of impact. If player wants to play for a program slightly higher than her level (big brand), at her level (patriot league), or below her level (D2, lower D1) offers can range from books, 30%, or 100%.

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Better question would be what your scholarship package was without financial aid. If it was athletic only or stacked with academic.

Previous poster is correct. If you are a free lunch student and get into Harvard or Stanford with or without playing sport’s you’re likely on a full ride grant.

There's also rules on how athletic, merit and FA can be stacked.

The general rule was the more a coach wants you the more he/she will offer. This year with Covid, 5th years and deferrals that rule isn't very applicable.

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Is it better to take good scholarship with a D1 program that consistently loses and the university has the major you want or take a good scholarship at a D2 program that is ranked in the top 10 and makes it consistently to the National tournament like GVSU?

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Is it better to take good scholarship with a D1 program that consistently loses and the university has the major you want or take a good scholarship at a D2 program that is ranked in the top 10 and makes it consistently to the National tournament like GVSU?

Considering the point of an additional 4yrs of education, and the money it costs, is to be well prepared to enter the workforce this shouldn't even really be a question.

1)Which school that will accept you will provide the best education in the major that you want
2)Can you play sports there

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Is it better to take good scholarship with a D1 program that consistently loses and the university has the major you want or take a good scholarship at a D2 program that is ranked in the top 10 and makes it consistently to the National tournament like GVSU?

School/academics 1st
Soccer fit 2nd

Don't make big academic compromises for sports plus the money is good at the D1 school.

Other random thoughts: being on a bad team can still be a great experience. That losing coach could be gone soon. So could the winning one (gets hired by a higher level program). You've no idea what the new one will be like. Does the D2 team have a ton of international players? Many do, so your kid might not play.

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So the poster is specifically asking about scholarships for girls and is getting advice from parents of kids that didn’t get scholarships. Only on TS

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All of this discussion is silly.

Why?

Because the pick of a school depends entirely on the specifics of the kid, the academics, the team, the coach, the finances and the intangibles. Every situation is very, very different. And -- in large part you end up with a "best guess and hope" decision.

But, the reality is -- if your kid really wants to play soccer in school, then your kid has to go to the school where your kid thinks they have the best shot to be able to play regularly, and as soon as possible. The rest can workout from there. The "oh academics is most important" is crap. Exactly zero kids playing soccer in college think that.

If they are going to play soccer -- whether big D1 or little D3 -- they are first and foremost a soccer player at the school. Their day, from August to October or hopefully November or even early December, consists of: Wake up, shower, dress, eat breakfast, class, class, lunch, study/class, get ready for practice, practice, do post-practice stuff, shower, eat, study/prepare for next day classes. Repeat. Variations exist for travel and game days when classes are replaced by travel and studying.

After soccer season ends -- they will still spend 4 hours a day on soccer - 4 days a week for D1 and D2. That's reduced to about 4 hours a day 2 days a week for D3. In short -- a kid playing soccer will be spending far more time doing soccer stuff than anything else at school so if they are not having a decent time; if they hate the coaches; if they do not like their teammates; if they cannot get their academic work done; and most importantly -- if they are not playing a decent amount -- then they quit. That is why 50% of all college soccer player freshman are done and off the team by the end of their sophomore year.

(As an aside -- GVSU, while a D2, has 26,000 students and is not a commuter school. It draws its women's team primarily from the big midwest programs. They win all the time because they are better (and bigger) than most big D1 women's soccer programs. GVSU plays D2 football so it puts $$$ into women's sports due to Title IX.)

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So the poster is specifically asking about scholarships for girls and is getting advice from parents of kids that didn’t get scholarships. Only on TS

And you know this how?