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D3 Scholarship Money

P parent201110+ posts
I have searched this message board and found some good info. I was wondering from all of you that have posted in the past that D3's they will find you money, Does anyone have any examples of how this worked out.

Our experience has been so far that our son is getting offered whats published as Academic scholarship money thats available to every student if you have the grades and SAT scores. It might be early in the process but I have not heard any reference to grants or scholarships that are above and beyond the academic scholarship.

What it looks like to me as this is a private D3 school , is that the academic scholarship money basically helps make the private college more competitive with the public colleges. So you can say you got more academic money at a private D3 but the actual cost is not really cheaper as the starting point cost was so high.

But then at a public college its cheaper but the threshold you have to meet to get a scholarship is higher so they dont have to pay out so many scholarships.

My son has worked hard in high school to get a honors diploma but what I am hearing is that the extra financial aid you get from the state for the honors diploma will all be canceled out by the parents EFC from FASFA. so in the end the net finacial aid from the state will be $0.

Here is what I am thinking , we got the intitial offering of the standard academic money by his GPA and SAT scores. They are saying they are looking for other money. How long do we wait for them to find that extra money.

I have read posts about D3 they have resources but what makes me wonder is why is there a lack of specific examples of D3s finding money above and beyond the normal money offered to all the students.

The way it looks is that I will be paying 80 grand to watch my son play baseball at a private D3. Does that pretty well sum it up.
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ILVBBILVBB1,000+ posts
I have two suggestions that worked for us:

1. Prior to committing in the spring; we crafted a letter with the four options that he had, including copies of scholarship and grant offers he had from the other schools. In the end; the school he went to matched the best offer (i.e. net cost).

2. As to the EFC; you need to understand what elements are effecting the number. If for example you have large equity in your home or retirment savings outside of a "retiremeent vehicle" explain to the finanical aid people whe your EFC does not truely reflect your situation. We were successful with one of our kids and they doubled his grant.

3. Ask questions; many a D3 is having a hard time filling their incoming classes. I know at one of my son's schools this years incoming freshman class was about 100 students less. If this is the case at the school your son wants to attend; you may want to do a little "negociating."

Good luck!

PS - $80k is the price of a public education here in CA; Also it is the cost of an education, baseball is FREE!
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P parent201110+ posts
ILVBB,

Some good points thanks for posting them.

Plus thats a good way to look at the situation as the cost is for the education as from our part of the country if he goes to the big state school it would still be costing 80k but he wouldnt be playing baseball.

But on the other hand and I love baseball as much as the rest of you on this board, plus my son has spent his whole life trying to get to this point of being able to play college ball, that actually for the degree he wants, getting a degree from the big state school would be better as they are ranked really high in the country for that type of school.
But he would have to give up playing baseball.

Tough decisions ahead but at least he knows that if he wants to keep playing baseball he has a place that wants him.
K ken100+ posts
Schools reps are fine but it all depends upon how well he does at school. What I have found is that a colleges reputation may open some doors for you but if you do not have the goods it will not keep you there.If your son does well at any school that will payoff in the long run. Also keep in mind he is coming up to what should be the best 4 years of his life so to enjoy it he needs to make sure as best as possible the school is the right "fit".Best of luck!
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A azsandlizard10+ posts
Also pitchers don't get too tied up in velocity. Back when I played college ball one San Diego Padre pitcher would come over to our practices on campus in February and get a little work in prior to spring training.

I used to slip away from the batting cages and go over and watch him pitch. All of the members of our starting college rotation threw harder than this pitcher. But then when he pitched, the Padre pitcher could throw 10 sliders in a row right to the lower outside corner of the plate.

That's when the light came on for me....
B bothsportsdad100+ posts
this is how it worked out for my daughter in softball...


first be aware that there are a myriad of different approaches some colleges use when it comes to D3. At some institutions athletics are not at all important.. at others they is a very strong commitment to excellence.. much like a Stanford approach. Some D3's actually have admissions slots like the Ivies. With others I actually had one coach joke that a support letter in the admission process might "actually hurt". She was "halfway" joking IMO. You need to first determine what kind of school you are dealing with. Obviously if you want "help' in admissions and with $$$ then you need a school that has a firm commitment to athletic excellence.

Now to the specifics: My daughter chose a 7 sisters school with a tuition of 55K. We are responsible for only $2200 a year and our income while certainly not what it was 3 years ago does not makes us eligible for federal assistance. (Be aware that her school has an endowment of $1.6 billion so it much easier for them to help... consider the size of the endowment when looking at what level of help a D3 can give). In short they really wanted my daughter and made it happen for her. Now she was also valedictorian and scored in the 98th percentile on the ACT... but this is more common at her college than a two time all state player.
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