Explain the process

I am not sure, but I do beleive there is no NLI at the ivies and D3.

25% is the minimum. I do beleive that most of these schools are purely academic scholarhsips.

We have some folks whose sons attended the ivies, hope they can help .

I was told that the Ivy's only give need money, nothing for academic nor of course athletic scholarship $.

Not sure about the Ivy's but the Patriot League also has no athletic money for baseball. They do have you sign an NLI. They will provided academic money and need based grants if you qualify. Not sure if the 25% rule will come into play.

Ivy league schools typically don't participate in the NLI program. The service Academies also don't participate. Neither do D3's participate in the NLI program.

All schools (including Ivy's & D3) can give academic 'ships. The amount is not limited to any percentage. For D1, D2 and NAIA schools, the student must meet certain academic criteria in order for the academic aid not to count against the athletic aid.

For instance, in D1 academic 'ships don't count as athletic aid if top 10 % of class or a core-course GPA of at least 3.5 or 1200 SAT. In D2 academic 'ships don't count as athletic if - top 20 % of class or a core-course GPA of at least 3.5 or min. 1140 SAT. In NAIA, 1200 SAT, 3.75 GPA or top 10% gets an academic exemption on 'ships (with a 3.6 to remain exempted). NOTE: These SAT requirements are verbal plus math (e.g., the "old" scores).

D3's cannot, of course, give athletic 'ships. I would think there are some restrictions on who can qualify for academic aid at the D3's. I have not researched that in detail.

Hope this helps.

IVY LEAGUE Schools only give "need" money---there is no athletic or academic money

That is not due to NCAA mandate, however.