<p>I am currently in my 3rd year of a B.Eng at the University of Melbourne, and I was keen to study abroad at an American University for the fall Semester in 2012. I play field hockey, and I have some friends who were offered scholarships to US Universities. Would a US University ever offer a scholarship for one semester? If so, how how important would my university marks, or school grades, hockey ability or extra-curricular activities be?</p>
<p>I know some Canadians playing FH in the US, but I cannot imagine any program would offer money for one term, especially since the number of scholarships are limited and are often split into partials between various players. The bigger question would be whether a program with a varsity team would even let you walk on and play for the term.</p>
<p>why wouldn’t they let me walk on and play for the term? I was under the impression that the field hockey season spanned the fall semester. I’m not trying to be antagonistic; I’m just a little ignorant of how american college sport works.</p>
<p>Just that the coaches create a team who they want to develop over years and depending on whether they need your skills to round out the team or not, they may be thrilled to have you join them or they may have no interest in adding someone for just one term.</p>
<p>Also, remember field hockey is not a sport that gets a lot of funding. At the best students get partial scholarships, I am not sure how many universites in the US gives full scholarships to field hockey athletes. Unless you are exceptional, Coaches do not want to spend time on a one term students as pointed out by somemon. Further, scholarships being limited, the college would want to use the money carefully.</p>
<p>You can talk to the coaches in various schools that you are interested in but I would not hold out hope.</p>