Ways to Go to School Completely For Free

cptofthehouse
Mon, 27 Oct 2014 02:28:19 +0000

None of these are guaranteed. There are very few athletes that get full rides. My friend’s DD was a soccer recruit at Ohio State. No full ride benefit for her. I know some top swimmers who got only partial rides. Though there may be some school out there that would give those athletes a free ride, and these are top athletes able to play at top D-1 schools in their sport, it’s not every school that will give them that. If they’d chose to go to Harvard or any other ivy league, school, they’d not have gotten a dime, as the ivies don’t give athletic scholarships.

My son could have gotten a full ride at schools he did not want as an athlete scholar. The schools he wanted, were did not offer him any cost remission, but gave him a break in terms of admissions standards. And just as ROTC is a work/study sort of thing, so is being on a NCAA team. Especially in a sport for which a college is willing to pay big bucks. My son spent 20-30 hours on his sport while he competed. I don’t begrudge the athletes a cent. And giving the non existant classes, is cheating them in the long run, not giving them any benefit.

I don’t think there is really any guaranteed free ride for any given student. It is possible that some students can find free rides but nothing guaranteed.