Upper middle class family claiming “full ride (sports) scholarship” to small D3 private college?

[Anonymous]

Both of my DD's sports (softball, gymnastics) have a few kids every year who get preferential admissions at ivies and full FA because they're under the parent income threshold. I think that parents misunderstand the process if they've spent a lot of time around kids who are getting actual full ride athletic scholarships and truly believe their kids are getting a "full athletic scholarship." And then they broadcast it on instagram.

I don't argue because people who don't understand the difference between athletic scholarships and financial aid are probably not going to be receptive to whatever corrections I'd like to suggest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is no such thing as an athletic full ride at D3 schools. Meaning, even if you are a D1 level athlete and want to attend, say, Randolph Macon College in Ashland, they simply can not come up with any scheme to get you 4 years for free.

- signed, father of a D1 athlete that actually wanted to go to a smaller school and be a student athlete.

NP. They can certainly give you extremely significant merit aid. My kid was awarded enough in merit aid that the private D3 was cheaper than instate.

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Anonymous wrote:Is this for real? OP how do you know all this?

PS - 26 is perfectly acceptable ACT score for many colleges

My child got lower and went T30 because of sports. People hate athletes.

People “hate” athletes because many would have absolutely no chance getting accepted to highly selective schools on their academic achievements, while our kids excel beyond belief and acceptance (not to mention scholarships) to these same highly selective schools are a lottery. My kid excels both in a niche sport, musical instrument AND academics.

you want a gold star, d-bag?

Ehhh, everybody would prefer having a kid who can perform surgery over a kid that can kick a ball far. No need to be butt hurt your kid falls into the latter.

lol. PP thinks med schools are full of people that never played a sport or something.

Able to “kick a ball far” and able to become a surgeon are not anywhere near mutually exclusive.

LOL, indeed. Tell your kid to enjoy soccer and then schlepping pharma to my cardiologist son.

There is a shockingly high amount of surgeons who were college athletes. You obviously don’t know much about surgeons.

[Anonymous]

Travel sports parents lie because they can’t come to terms with the last decade of carting their kids around was a complete waste.

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Anonymous wrote:Travel sports parents lie because they can’t come to terms with the last decade of carting their kids around was a complete waste.

I absolutely think it’s this. 100%.

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Anonymous wrote:Is this for real? OP how do you know all this?

PS - 26 is perfectly acceptable ACT score for many colleges

Nope.

Anything >/= 30 ACT will move the needle.

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Anonymous wrote:Travel sports parents lie because they can’t come to terms with the last decade of carting their kids around was a complete waste.

I mean, I have the admissions letters with the actual costs that are significantly cheaper than public in-state but okay.

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Anonymous wrote:Is this for real? OP how do you know all this?

PS - 26 is perfectly acceptable ACT score for many colleges

My child got lower and went T30 because of sports. People hate athletes.

People “hate” athletes because many would have absolutely no chance getting accepted to highly selective schools on their academic achievements, while our kids excel beyond belief and acceptance (not to mention scholarships) to these same highly selective schools are a lottery. My kid excels both in a niche sport, musical instrument AND academics.

you want a gold star, d-bag?

Ehhh, everybody would prefer having a kid who can perform surgery over a kid that can kick a ball far. No need to be butt hurt your kid falls into the latter.

lol. PP thinks med schools are full of people that never played a sport or something.

Able to “kick a ball far” and able to become a surgeon are not anywhere near mutually exclusive.

LOL, indeed. Tell your kid to enjoy soccer and then schlepping pharma to my cardiologist son.

you clearly do not get out much.

What? This is a stupid response that makes zero sense. Not PP.

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Anonymous wrote:Is this for real? OP how do you know all this?

PS - 26 is perfectly acceptable ACT score for many colleges

My child got lower and went T30 because of sports. People hate athletes.

People “hate” athletes because many would have absolutely no chance getting accepted to highly selective schools on their academic achievements, while our kids excel beyond belief and acceptance (not to mention scholarships) to these same highly selective schools are a lottery. My kid excels both in a niche sport, musical instrument AND academics.

you want a gold star, d-bag?

Ehhh, everybody would prefer having a kid who can perform surgery over a kid that can kick a ball far. No need to be butt hurt your kid falls into the latter.

lol. PP thinks med schools are full of people that never played a sport or something.

Able to “kick a ball far” and able to become a surgeon are not anywhere near mutually exclusive.

LOL, indeed. Tell your kid to enjoy soccer and then schlepping pharma to my cardiologist son.

There is a shockingly high amount of surgeons who were college athletes. You obviously don’t know much about surgeons.

+1000

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Anonymous wrote:Is this for real? OP how do you know all this?

PS - 26 is perfectly acceptable ACT score for many colleges

My child got lower and went T30 because of sports. People hate athletes.

People “hate” athletes because many would have absolutely no chance getting accepted to highly selective schools on their academic achievements, while our kids excel beyond belief and acceptance (not to mention scholarships) to these same highly selective schools are a lottery. My kid excels both in a niche sport, musical instrument AND academics.

you want a gold star, d-bag?

Ehhh, everybody would prefer having a kid who can perform surgery over a kid that can kick a ball far. No need to be butt hurt your kid falls into the latter.

lol. PP thinks med schools are full of people that never played a sport or something.

Able to “kick a ball far” and able to become a surgeon are not anywhere near mutually exclusive.

LOL, indeed. Tell your kid to enjoy soccer and then schlepping pharma to my cardiologist son.

I'm sorry that your child was too stupid to be able to handle an undergraduate premed course load and also play a sport.

It will be ironic if your cardiologist son dies of a heart attack because they are so busy trying to keep up with the academics that can't take care of their physical health.

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Anonymous wrote:Travel sports parents lie because they can’t come to terms with the last decade of carting their kids around was a complete waste.

I mean, I have the admissions letters with the actual costs that are significantly cheaper than public in-state but okay.

Significantly cheaper than community college too (excluding dorm, of course)? Like for like comparison.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Both of my DD's sports (softball, gymnastics) have a few kids every year who get preferential admissions at ivies and full FA because they're under the parent income threshold. I think that parents misunderstand the process if they've spent a lot of time around kids who are getting actual full ride athletic scholarships and truly believe their kids are getting a "full athletic scholarship." And then they broadcast it on instagram.

I don't argue because people who don't understand the difference between athletic scholarships and financial aid are probably not going to be receptive to whatever corrections I'd like to suggest.

Gymnastics at an Ivy?
What makes you believe that they got preferential sports admission?

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know anything about division 3 schools and athletic recruiting. Is this possible?

They are on the lower end of upper middle class. No hooks. Their senior is a good not great athlete. And not an especially noteworthy student. She was not in the most advanced AP courses and her parents kept having her retake the ACT and SAT because her scores were so mediocre. Best ACT sitting was 26 and she was too embarrassed to reveal SAT scores.

Why do you care? This seems like a MYOB scenario.

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Anonymous wrote:OP you sound jealous or like you want to unearth a lie. Why not swim your own lane and don't worry about these people?

This. She sounds unhinged.

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Anonymous wrote:OP you sound jealous or like you want to unearth a lie. Why not swim your own lane and don't worry about these people?

This. She sounds unhinged.

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I’d love to meet you guys who throw out “unhinged” when an OP describes something she’s curious about. You guys must think everyone is unhinged - and you’re probably insanely boring to boot.