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[quote=Anonymous]For boys, soccer scholarships are obviously more difficult to obtain, but grades again can be a big help.  First, there are not as many mens soccer teams as womens soccer teams as lots of schools attempt to partial meet their Title IX obligations by cutting down non-revenue mens sports and soccer is one of the casualties there.  Second, per ncaa rules, Div I mens' teams can only offer 9.9 scholarships.  Again, most teams will have about 30 kids on a roster.  So, the odds of a freshmen getting anything approaching a full scholarship are very slim.

I should add there are additional positive to playing a sport in college.  These would include, but not be limited to, (A) getting priority in scheduling classes (B) greater access to academic tutoring and other student services such as academic and career counseling(C) additional dining options (often necessary because of travel or practice schedules that may conflict with meal times) (D) easier access to health care (E) athletic swag and laundry service if you are willing to live in team issued clothing.

A serious negative is that some majors can be very difficult to pursue.  In particular those that may require large amounts of preparation or practice time (music/arts) and those that have a lot of lab class requirements.  Missing class for a team event is going to be "excused", and many if not most profs are pretty accommodating.  However, if a class only has X number of labs and a student can only miss 1 and still get credit -- if those labs conflict with travel schedules you can't take the class.  It really becomes an issue when required courses are offered in sequence and you can't take part one because you are playing your sport when it is offered.  It is something to talk over with the academic counseling folks before deciding on a school.  In the same way -- art and music majors can have problems because of time and travel.  It is impossible to practice an instrument on the bus or in a hotel, just as it is impossible to bring your sculpture to work on while you are on the road.  [/quote]

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