Interesting article on academic vs. athletic recruiting

MD_Mom_1
Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:17:36 +0000

Interesting article. I have put some thought into this subject and it seems to me that the schools that offer athletic scholarships, with the exception of some of the top 25 schools (like Georgetown), also offer academic merit scholarships. My daughter also received letters from most of the Ivy League schools, if not all of them, but we knew she would not get any merit money, nor would she get any of the nice 10 percent of income tuition programs offered by Harvard and Yale. I am not sure what ParentOfIvy above is talking about with money from Princeton; it sounds like interest-free loans?

DD also received many, many phone calls. And she was received beautifully at any college she visited and met with professors.

There are fewer NM Scholars with dollars (my term) than recruited college athletes. And Iowa State, which was mentioned in the article, offered DD a very nice scholarship and the letters she received from the departments there were very flattering. DD had several full tuition offers to choose from last year and they were all merit.

Oh, the Air Force Academy representative showed up at our door one morning without calling first. He just wanted to drop off the viewbook and answer any questions she might have. She had completed the initial application.