Academic Money

LDad, It sounds like Lefty is in a good spot already, if he is getting indications that he would earn academic money at some of those schools, he should apply to them (or, has he applied already?).

His 'worst case scenario' or backup plan for baseball is, if no offers come in before early signing, he has applied to a few good schools that are likely to give academic $$, and he keeps expressing his interest to the coach.

If he is not recruited at those schools yet, at least the coach knows he is very interested and will apply on his own.Once admissions lets him in, if coach loses a commitment, your son could be an easy addition to his roster later in the process.


You are asking a good question, and I would reply to Lefty, don't wait too long. Start working on some applications now, because you could be one of the players who doesn't get an offer by early signing, in which case, you would be left rushing into a BUNCH of applications in order to meet priority deadlines.

Merit money is not an unlimited pool; and just based on what I know about colleges and scholarship budgets and timing, they typically can't offer a scholarship to anyone who didn't meet the initial deadlines for applying.

Also, it isn't too late to take an ACT or SAT again to boost the scholarship opportunities. October and November dates, even in some cases a December score, will be reviewed for scholarship decisions which are 'typically' made in the winter during regular reading time. Along with that, all of our 2013s should know that senior year grades REALLY do matter, even for guys who are already recruited.

Good topic.

Just because he is accepted and offered an academic scholarship doesn't mean that he has to decide right then to attend the school. There is still the period of time before he has to accept.

Doesn't hurt to have many different options. And if the baseball money doesn't come through, then you will have a selection of schools based on academic scholarships.

My son applied to 6 schools. He was admitted to them all. He ended Sending deposit to one school, and talked to two others that agreed to delay his deposit till he made a decision. The deposits were due in may. Nothing wrong with applying to several schools.

Unless he is an off the chart prospect, in which case he would most likely have seen an offer by now, you should not expect tons of baseball money. In fact, many coaches with limited baseball money want to see what academic money the player can get first in order to use is scarce athletic resources most wisely.

And if he has to stop playing due to injury or being cut, you'll still have the academic money to rely on.

Pick your schools based on academics and social first, then on baseball, and apply. Heck, with the Common App it's not too much work to apply to many schools. Up to ten is not out of the question.

As to App Fees, remember to ask the Admissions Office what their terms are for waiving fees. I think out of 8 schools Jr applied to, only one ended up requiring we pay the Admissions Fee.

Double depositing (although it sadly does happen) is unethical. It is not uncommon that if a school were to find out a student had double deposited, it can (and has) rescinded admission.

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Originally posted by gamefan:
Double depositing (although it sadly does happen) is unethical. It is not uncommon that if a school were to find out a student had double deposited, it can (and has) rescinded admission.

He was up front with what he was doing. It was not a secret. He had not made his decision yet and was still being told by one of the schools, that there still may be more money available, then he would never hear back.

All schools involved were aware of the situation. He only depositied to one because they required it. They understood that they might not be the final choice. In fact the Coach got involved with admissions and told them to give him a final answer even if it was no.