No, it’s an equivalency sport (xc/track). The ED is a D3 school so athletic scholarship won’t be in play there. But he has one D1 offer in hand with academic + athletic merit, and two D3s with academic merit.
I’m fairly sure everything will work out with the ED school but just in case it doesn’t, I’m trying to get a handle on a) his best plan B and b) whether or not we can chip away at that COA with external scholarships, or if he shouldn’t even bother.
So, as suggested above, I went poking around on their websites and it’s all very vague. The word “may” does a LOT of heavy lifting haha.
“Once financial need has been met, the loan and work-study portions of your financial aid offer may be adjusted before reducing or retracting any need-based aid offered by the university” and “if the external scholarship exceeds the total cost of attendance, institutional and/or federal funds may be reduced” and “substantial funding from outside scholarships may impact your awards … award adjustments can vary from the reduction of loan offers to a decrease in other institutional aid offered.” The fourth school says nothing whatsoever about how private scholarships are handled on its website.
I guess I’ll just have to call them all. Blah.
Thanks all for the input.