Thanks so much. Yes, I have looked into the number of scholarships by Division and compared his times to the current roster. And I do realize that they slice them up quite a bit. I’m not expecting tens of thousands of dollars, but even 5 -10k on top of academic money would go a long way. We happen to be young parents (I’m 39), and even though both my husband and I have good jobs, which disqualifies us from need based aid, we certainly haven’t been able to save enough to afford 40k+ a year. I really don’t know how people do it!
In most cases, I found his times put in him in the top 4 for the team or better. However, one coach who wrote him back provided a list of times to be considered, that seemed out of line with the swimmers on the team currently. They did say they would consider him as a walk on, and he would get considerable academic money from this particular school more than likely.
I totally understand if his times simply aren’t good enough for some teams, but when they ask for times from recruits that no one on their team currently has, I find that odd. I’m curios if others have had the same experience.