<p>Also, FYI, the 40 or so US fencing colleges seem to generally shake out in to three basic groups:</p>
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<li><p>The NYC schools - NYU, St. Johns, and Columbia/Barnard which tend to attract elite fencers because of the proximity of NYC private fencing clubs. </p></li>
<li><p>The other seven Ivy League schools (Harvard, Yale etc…) which do not offer athletic scholarships, but provide generous financial aids to families who qualify. These schools have league-imposed minimum academic requirements for acceptance (grades and standardized test scores)</p></li>
<li><p>The large universities, which do offer fencing scholarships - these include UNC, Duke, Notre Dame, Stanford, NU, Penn State and Ohio State etc… There are very few scholarships per team offered and those are often split up and allocated to team members based on talent and ranking. It would not be unusual to get a 1/2, 1/4 or lesser scholarship.</p></li>
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<p>Note: There are a few US schools that don’t fit the above groups.</p>