Athletic scholarship or need based financial aid, or both?

chris85
Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:50:06 +0000

Fauve-

Very good points ALL and ones My wife and i constantly mention. We went to Williams College so we definitely value small liberal arts schools. It kills us, sort of :), to have her choose to go to school elsewhere! At the end of the day, she’s got to make the choice. Her ideal school would be Williams or Amherst with a Stanford/Cal swim program. Unfortunately they do not exist.

Anyway, we do have confidence that she’ll make the right choice. The best thing any aspiring college athlete can do is work equally hard in the classroom so he has many options. it’s nice to be able to say “no thanks” to the best schools in the country…

now we need to focus on how to achieve the lowest COA possible no matter where she goes. Can anyone guide us on the preferred strategy of athletic aid vs need based FA? What should come first?