<p>I am going into my senior year in highschool and in my past three years of highschool, I have…</p>
<p>-Been trained & awarded for becoming a peer mediator
-Been part of SADD
-Been on student council (I was Sophomore class secretary and Junior Class President)
-Played multiple sports (Freshman year: JV softball… Sophomore year: JV Basketball, Varsity Softball… Junior Year: JV Basketball, Varsity Softball… and next year I plan on: Cross Country, Varsity Basketball & Varsity Softball.)
-Been a part of the school’s health committee
-Been selected for RYLA (special organization for achievers)</p>
<p>I am wondering…</p>
<p>-Are there any scholarships/financial help for these types of things?
-Will it look very good on a college application?
-I have been a varsity starter for the softball team for two years and I’m not bragging, but I’m exceptional… are there colleges out there that will offer me a lot of money/a big scholarship for this??</p>
<p>Any advice/information would help. Thanks :)</p>
<p>Your extracurriculars (ECs) are impressive and will be recognized for the time and committment involved. Unfortunately most other competitors for scholarships and selective schools will have just as impressive credentials. You are in the field, but it is a crowded one. Picture the starting of the Boston Marathon.</p>
<p>I don’t know how to appraise your exceptionality at softball, however, or what the opportunities are there. If you could carry your college team to the World Series of softball, I would think you would be a candidate for an athletic scholarship. How much, or where, I don’t know.</p>
<p>These are exactly the types of things that my S had and he earned more than $35000 in scholarships. He is attending a public college that costs $11,000 a year, so he has more than three years of tuition, room, and board covered. Good luck in your scholarship search. As the poster above noted, you’ll be in a large pool, but if you try to find things that match your interests/achievements, hopefully you will have some success. As far as softball, athletic scholarships are limited unless you are truly exceptional, exceptional. My S was a three-year varsity starter for baseball. He was named All-Conference and All-Area for three years and also earned placement on the All-District Tournament Team, but that wasn’t good enough for him to land a college scholarship. He was a six-year varsity wrestler and made three trips to state with two individual medals – again, no scholarship for those skills. HOWEVER… he did get a $1000 scholarship from the state wrestling coaches association and he got $1000 from the MN Twins Diamonds and Dreams Foundation (awarded to baseball/softball players from selected states). What I’m trying to say, is even if you don’t land a D-II or D-1 athletic scholarship, you can get recognized for your accomplishments and piece together a financial package that will help pay for your college education. You need to be willing to spend a lot of time “googling” scholarship possibilities and then find ones that look like a good match for you. Best wishes!</p>