D3 Athletic for Merit Scholarship?

aquapt
Sun, 10 Dec 2023 22:16:46 +0000

For what she wants, academically and athletically, MIT Sloan seems like the potentially ideal destination (at least, assuming the specific team and coach are a good fit); and they can’t require ED because they don’t have it. She certainly has the stats, and coach support would give her a boost, although coaches don’t have as much influence there as at other schools. If the environment appeals to her, and she has coach support, and you’d consider it worth paying for, I think I’d be tempted, to “shoot the moon” and apply EA there. It’s a risk, of course. But at least if the best case scenario occurred and you ended up with the “full pay at MIT + athletics vs. full ride at UT Austin” decision, you wouldn’t have any binding agreements as constraints. If she really wants a top-tier business-oriented undergrad education, I can’t see going hundreds of thousands out of pocket for a very pure-liberal-arts oriented school, even if it’s prestigious, when you have such strong in-state programs (and likely their prestigious honors programs, like UT-Austin CSB) at such a low cost. Is there a club-team option for her at UT?