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Can Ivy league make you leave after injury
CA92071
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If i was accepted to an Ivy League and got injured after say first year and am no longer able to play, would I be able to continue the next 3 years at school. My parents don't want me to attend a school that recruited me and want me to just attend a school that I was accepted for just GPA.
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Replies to: Can Ivy league make you leave after injury
You could be recruited by and admitted to an Ivy League school, get to campus and decide you just didn't want to play, and the school could not kick you out or even cut your financial aid.
One thing your parents do need to understand if they don’t already is that your financial aid is not set for four years. It can fluctuate every year based on their and your income and savings. However, these changes will have nothing to do with athletic participation.
I would tell you and your parents not to worry about a school wanting you for a sport and not just for your GPA. With the IL and most top academic schools it is a combo of both your sport & GPA/grades, etc. The better your AI, the more opportunities.
I would embrace sports opening up opportunites for you but in the end, choose the school on the best fit for you and your family. In my opinion, athletics is an important part of the equation for a recruit but I give equal or even more weight to the other factors such as the school fit for you, the schools academic reputation, cost, etc.
Good luck!
If an athlete is injured, or just decides they no longer want to play, it will not affect their financial aid. Often, Ivy League athletes decide that athletics are too time consuming and decide to quit the sport to focus on academics and other extra curriculars.
Ivy League coaches do not participate in financial aid decisions - aid packages are determined based on need by the admissions office.
Students do have some rights and can appeal if the coach cuts a scholarship for injury or for other reasons. Also, some schools do have multiyear scholarships now. The Big 10 and Pac 12 require them so athletes have a lot more security.
That doesn't matter at an Ivy as there are no athletic scholarships.
There are no athletic scholarships, and no "merit" whether academic, athletic or any other type of scholarships at the IL. All financial aid is need based. Athletic participation is completely irrelevant.
I think all Ivy league schools require the students to submit new FA forms every year. FAFSA is required to be submitted every year.
@politeperson and @twoinanddone are correct. I'd just add that the Ivy schools have a reputation for maintaining or increasing the FA award over the four years as long as the family financial situation remains the same.
That is in contrast to some other schools which are known to "low ball" the cost of attendance the first year with a generous package, then cut it rather severely in future years.
Our experiance was IL FA did not decrease if the family situation remained pretty much the same and may increase in some circumstances.