MarkT Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Fact: NCAA Division III does not allow athletic scholarships. Has anyone notice something similar to this? a comment from the article Prizes for Everyone: How Colleges Use Scholarships to Lure Students WSJ " When my daughter applied for an academic scholarship 16 years ago, she was denied it from a highly competitive university after she was accepted early decision. She graduated in the top 2-5% of her class, had SATs at the top 10% etc. She had 3 other classmates that were accepted to the same school all except one had exemplary qualifications similar to my daughters, one of them got a "merit" scholarship for ~$15K/year which was a 50% discount. She had the lowest GPA(20 percentile) and SAT scores, but was a basketball starter in their high school. She was the only one to receive a "merit" based scholarship. Ironically, and sadly, she was in a car accident after she was at the school and could no longer play Bball from the injuries. Rumor had it that they threatened to take her scholarship money away at the time. Even though their division did not allow athletic scholarships. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawz4me Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Yes. Our niece got a very good "merit" scholarship to a Division III school that was really a basketball scholarship in disguise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanetC Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Yes, Kalamazoo was sanctioned for this https://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/2016/03/23/kalamazoo-college-ncaa-violations/82160800/ Since its hush-hush and most enforcement focuses on Division I, it's hard to say how commonly this occurs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuga Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 That is angering if true. Of course I don't wish any of those kids a penny less, but how absurd to have a system that pays for sports and not for academic merit! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teachermom2834 Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 I have a D3 athlete. His merit aid is definitely merit aid and was offered to him before he was offered an athletic position (it was a few weeks later that the coach invited him to the team). He was looking at several D3 schools and all of the coaches asked ds to keep them updated on his scholarships and FA. But it really didn't seem like the coaches were talking with financial aid. I am sure it happens but not in our case. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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