Financial Packages of Recruited Atheletes

[Anonymous]

Anyone with a recruited athlete willing to share what their financial package is? Don't have to share the sport or school if you want to be super anonymous.

Thank you!

[Anonymous]

It’s whatever you can afford.

[Anonymous]

Zero dollars

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Zero dollars

Did you ask and were rejected or were you given the impression that additional financial assistance was not an option?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Zero dollars

Did you ask and were rejected or were you given the impression that additional financial assistance was not an option?

Most parents at private school are full pay. Parents who have their act together can afford the tuition. Why would we have to ask?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Zero dollars

Did you ask and were rejected or were you given the impression that additional financial assistance was not an option?

Most parents at private school are full pay. Parents who have their act together can afford the tuition. Why would we have to ask?

Right, because anyone that makes less than, say, $300K doesn’t have their act together. I’m fortunate enough to be doing quite well, but also appreciate that I had no school debt, could afford to take risks to start a company and had a pretty easy life. Those that don’t have the same luck aren’t lazy and you sound like an entitled Karen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Zero dollars

Did you ask and were rejected or were you given the impression that additional financial assistance was not an option?

Most parents at private school are full pay. Parents who have their act together can afford the tuition. Why would we have to ask?

So it sounds like your DC wasn't good enough to be offered anything? But they are considered recruited because they wouldn't have gotten in without athletic ability? Sorry, I'm learning more and more that being recruited doesn't mean the same across schools and sports and even within the same school team.

[Anonymous]

My recruited athlete received $0 for their sport at WCAC schools, but scored very high on the HSPT (99th percentile), so DC received merit (Presidential Scholarships) at the schools they applied to. We are full pay, so were not looking for any money, whether for academics or athletics, at any point in the process.

For us, having DC be recruited meant that for their sport, and for their position for their sport, the schools could see them making a contribution at those schools and wanted them there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Zero dollars

Did you ask and were rejected or were you given the impression that additional financial assistance was not an option?

Most parents at private school are full pay. Parents who have their act together can afford the tuition. Why would we have to ask?

So it sounds like your DC wasn't good enough to be offered anything? But they are considered recruited because they wouldn't have gotten in without athletic ability? Sorry, I'm learning more and more that being recruited doesn't mean the same across schools and sports and even within the same school team.

No…it’s that it seems 99% of schools are honest when they say they don’t provide athletic scholarships which is the case even with WCAC schools.

Now…the sport may get a FA kid accepted at which point their financial situation determines their FA…and there are quite a few athletes that qualify for full FA.

Also, if a top athlete qualified for any FA, then it’s easier to get more FA after explaining “special circumstances”.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My recruited athlete received $0 for their sport at WCAC schools, but scored very high on the HSPT (99th percentile), so DC received merit (Presidential Scholarships) at the schools they applied to. We are full pay, so were not looking for any money, whether for academics or athletics, at any point in the process.

For us, having DC be recruited meant that for their sport, and for their position for their sport, the schools could see them making a contribution at those schools and wanted them there.

Thank you! Appreciate that. So it sounds like being recruited was a way for your DC to maximize their athletic experience in HS?

Is a DC considered recruited if they were essentially told that they would be in varsity as a freshman? Does that count as recruitment?

[Anonymous]

My recruited athlete got a generous amount, but his sibling, who isn't a recruited athlete, at another school got an amount that brought his tuition to a similar level. The aid he got is reflective of our family's need.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Zero dollars

Did you ask and were rejected or were you given the impression that additional financial assistance was not an option?

Most parents at private school are full pay. Parents who have their act together can afford the tuition. Why would we have to ask?

So it sounds like your DC wasn't good enough to be offered anything? But they are considered recruited because they wouldn't have gotten in without athletic ability? Sorry, I'm learning more and more that being recruited doesn't mean the same across schools and sports and even within the same school team.

No…it’s that it seems 99% of schools are honest when they say they don’t provide athletic scholarships which is the case even with WCAC schools.

Now…the sport may get a FA kid accepted at which point their financial situation determines their FA…and there are quite a few athletes that qualify for full FA.

Also, if a top athlete qualified for any FA, then it’s easier to get more FA after explaining “special circumstances”.

Thank you! That makes sense.

It sounds like “special circumstances” is prob a conversation that is happening only for some athletes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Zero dollars

Did you ask and were rejected or were you given the impression that additional financial assistance was not an option?

Most parents at private school are full pay. Parents who have their act together can afford the tuition. Why would we have to ask?

So it sounds like your DC wasn't good enough to be offered anything? But they are considered recruited because they wouldn't have gotten in without athletic ability? Sorry, I'm learning more and more that being recruited doesn't mean the same across schools and sports and even within the same school team.

No…it’s that it seems 99% of schools are honest when they say they don’t provide athletic scholarships which is the case even with WCAC schools.

Now…the sport may get a FA kid accepted at which point their financial situation determines their FA…and there are quite a few athletes that qualify for full FA.

Also, if a top athlete qualified for any FA, then it’s easier to get more FA after explaining “special circumstances”.

Thank you! That makes sense.

It sounds like “special circumstances” is prob a conversation that is happening only for some athletes.

I'm the PP above whose kid got a lot of aid, and I think it's important to note that many of the private schools in the area don't meet every student's need. They are either need aware, so a student who needs a lot of aid is less likely to get in, or they are need blind but sometimes make offers of admission without needed aid because they have run out of money.

If a school has 4 applicants that all seem like good candidates but need 90% aid, and they can only afford to offer one spot with that level of aid, they might offer that spot and aid to an athlete. It's not merit aid exactly. The school can say that they were only meeting need. But the kid still got the aid in part due to their athletic skills.

[Anonymous]

No one is answering OPs question.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My recruited athlete received $0 for their sport at WCAC schools, but scored very high on the HSPT (99th percentile), so DC received merit (Presidential Scholarships) at the schools they applied to. We are full pay, so were not looking for any money, whether for academics or athletics, at any point in the process.

For us, having DC be recruited meant that for their sport, and for their position for their sport, the schools could see them making a contribution at those schools and wanted them there.

Thank you! Appreciate that. So it sounds like being recruited was a way for your DC to maximize their athletic experience in HS?

Is a DC considered recruited if they were essentially told that they would be in varsity as a freshman? Does that count as recruitment?

Yes, for us it’s about maximizing DC’s experience.

Nobody has promised us a specific spot on Varsity. But, our expectation is that DC will be in a position to compete for a spot. If they aren’t on varsity, we are fine with that (their sport is competitive at this school), but we hope they will be in a position to get a lot of good development on the JV team.