Sports recruitment for high school

[Anonymous]

I disagree with the notion that recruiting athletes hurts these schools. My DC is on varsity in two sports, is an URM, and is a good student academically and a leader socially at his Catholic HS. I really don't see how giving such a student FA hurts the school. He helps admissions and peer counsels kids with
Problems. I think most people assume recruited athletes and/ or minority kids on FA bring nothing else to the table. That is incorrect .

[Anonymous]

Steering financial aid to sports as a synthetic sports scholarship is always a bad idea. Always. Not locally, but in NE Deerfield Academy went that route. Their academic reputation went from the top to the bottom alongside Avon Old Farms and Salisbury School. Financial aid should just be financial aid where there is a need based.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I disagree with the notion that recruiting athletes hurts these schools. My DC is on varsity in two sports, is an URM, and is a good student academically and a leader socially at his Catholic HS. I really don't see how giving such a student FA hurts the school. He helps admissions and peer counsels kids with
Problems. I think most people assume recruited athletes and/ or minority kids on FA bring nothing else to the table. That is incorrect .

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Anonymous wrote:OP, if your son is as gifted as you say, apply to both STA and SJC. With your HHI, and what your son can contribute to the school, both will make it financially workable.

I don't think SJC would offer $$$ to a family of three or even four making $160k. However, StA and Prep might. OP, please be aware last year's admissions were brutal. Don't assume your son will get in. Make sure he preps hard for the admissions tests.

I think 160k easily gets FA for a recruited athlete at any of those schools.

What about if the kid isn't recruited for baseball after all, but still wants to attend? Do they award financial aid to families at that income level? I know StA would, but what about the others mentioned?

SJC will reject you if you ask for a certain amount of aid and you don't qualify for it. These schools do not practice need-blind admissions. (I use qualify here loosely as other PP's have mentioned about how they allocate)

Not true. There is no question on the FA application asking what amount of aid you need.