D3 Scholarships?

Hello,

Call the school that you are interested in and try to set up a school visit, you will be able to meet with the admin group and also talk to the coach when you visit.

There are only academic scholarships in D3 level no sport  scholarships.

Good luck, 

this is true, however, there is also some academic money out there for players who would not have gotten it if they didn't play...bottom line is you still need to be a good student.

May I ask why you limited your question to DIII?  DII schools offer athletic scholarships, and junior colleges are typically much less expensive than DIII.

I know that the school my son attends prides itself on diversity. There are Scholarships targeted at international students. For instance I did a search, for scholarships on the Web site of my sons school and came up with this.

http://choose.owu.edu/financia...onalScholarships.php

I am sure this school is not the only one to offer scholarships to international students. I believe the deadlines are different as well. You may want to narrow your search to the schools you know offer scholarships you qualify for and then contact the coach. The coach may ask for some video or other data. Most d3's also have an open tryout every fall. It depends on the school how open that is. The school may not have any spots after considering how many recruits were brought in and what their roster limit is. Son's school did not have any open roster spots, but did accept one walk on. He had enough talent that they could not cut him. Not a stud mind you but good enough to compete. 

So do some research and pick your pool of schools, contact the coaches and gauge their interest. 

Good Luck.

My wife went to a Juco then graduated summa cum laude from UCLA.  She believes that she got a great education. 

My former coaching partner went to a D2 Cal State. He founded a large corporation and is stinking rich. He also feels that he got a great education.

As with anything in life you will get what you put into it. While I consider myself an advocate of D3 schools, you can get a great education going many routes. Junior college is a great option, and cost effective. If you have the drive to learn, you can get a great education anywhere. 

I know people who did not go to college yet they still feel they got a great education, in the working world. 

There are certainly some top academic D3 schools, some of the best in the country. However there are just as many, if not more D1&D2 top academic schools which offer both academic and athletic scholarship money. Furthermore, some of these schools are even public(i.e. Univ. Of Virginia or UCLA) so tuition is much lower. So if the only reason you are limiting yourself to D3 is based on academics, you should broaden your horizon(assuming you are also able to play at those other level universities).

As to your immigration related question, that is beyond my pay grade.

Good luck and come back to let us know how things turn out for you.

Are you planning to enter college in the fall of 2015? If so, some of that scholarship money is already spoken for.

As with athletics, I think you'll also find some overlap in academic distinction between DII and DIII colleges. But as others have advised, a "great education" means different things to different people. What does "great education" mean to you? High paying job after undergrad? Impressive diploma? Great resume for graduate school? Intellectual challenge?

Think carefully about your goals, and that may allow you to widen your net beyond DIII.

One thing that might be useful for you to research is college soccer. There are probably hundreds of international students playing college soccer, at all levels. There may be more information available about soccer than baseball. The NCAA also publishes some guides for international athletes on their website.

Thanks for the reply, 

I completely agree you can get a good education whereever you go, but it is important that I can go to a school with good reputation. 

shotatsuda,

Here are the six schools that offer need blind and full need admissions to international students :

1. MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Massachusetts
2. Harvard University in Massachusetts
3. Princeton University in New Jersey
4. Yale University in Connecticut
5. Dartmouth College in New Hampshire
6. Amherst College in Massachusetts

Amherst & MIT are both D3 and the other four are Ivy League schools which are D1. If you are admitted to any of these colleges you will be able to attend regardless of your ability to pay.

There are other colleges around the country that offer aid(scholarships,merit,institutional etc.) to international students as well. Take a look at this link to see which colleges offer aid to international students :

http://www.internationalstuden...chools_awarding_aid/

Good luck on your search !