Ways to Go to School Completely For Free

twoinanddone
Sun, 26 Oct 2014 21:02:25 +0000

You’ve list some scholarships that CAN be all inclusive, or may be just for tuition or just a dollar amount. The question may be if you can stack them. There are only 6 athletic scholarships that are required to be ‘full ride’, all only for D1 schools: men’s football and basketball, women’s basketball, gymnastics, tennis and volleyball. For those sports the scholarships cannot be split among players, so normally the school will award the full scholarship to the allowed number (don’t have to, just can’t split them; many schools do not fully fund the team, so while a gymnastic team is allowed 12 scholarships, only 9 may be funded or the coach could award all 12 at less than full ride). When someone is claiming a full ride scholarship, it is normally in one of these 6 sports, and only in D1. The school pays for books, tuition, fees, room and board. It cannot pay for transportation except to games or events. Another sport or Division 2 can award a full scholarship to an athlete, but that means there is less money for other players. For example, a woman’s D1 lacrosse team usually has about 35 players and a max of 12 scholarships, so if one player gets a full scholarship, other players may get nothing, or just books, or 10%. It’s very rare for one player to get a whole scholarship.

Some military scholarships are full, but some are for less, or an amount of money that might be enough at some schools, not enough at others…

You really need to know what you can stack and what’s available. Of the 4 scholarships you listed, my daughter has 3(no ROTC) plus 2 others, and is just shy of a full ride. All 5 stack: merit, athletic, Bright Futures, a state grant, and a private scholarship.

Others that can stack are Pell, SEOG, state financial need grants, other private scholarships. Athletic scholarship cannot stack with institutional need based aid, but can with federal or state need based aid.

Another way would be for the student to work for the institution. Usually after 6 months or so, there is a tuition benefit. Of course, the trick if finding a college to hire you without a college degree.