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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Headcount sports such as football, basketball, etc have a restricted # of scholarships they can give and each is a full ride.  Other sports split up their scholarship allocation among as many athletes as they want and amounts vary but usually aren't full ride.  Ivies do not give any athletic scholarships.

By not enough for T20 without a hook or spike I mean that my kid had the hook of being a recruited athlete and is now unhooked.  As I said there is plenty to discuss about whether that hook is fair or not but it exists, and walking away from recruiting offers completely changes that landscape for him. Being fortunate enough to have the opportunity made the decision especially difficult [/quote]

Got it...we use the term "revenue sports" in our circle = equal football and basketball.  I know Ivy schools don't give scholarships...we honestly don't care much about the $$$s and are looking to a sport to allow our kid to "punch above their weight" for a college, but only if they actually want to attend the college.

Again, I don't know your kid's sport...but there is a social aspect to playing a sport, and that social aspect can be positive or negative depending on the sport.  There are a number of college sport suicide stories (unfortunately), but one that stood out was a Xcountry runner at an Ivy.  She came from a HS where running was a big sport and you were kind of popular at HS if you participated.

At the Ivy, the sport was horribly isolating.  She would comment that when she told other students she ran XCountry, the most common response was "why?".  Basically, you are off training with just your teammates not on-campus and participating in a sport that literally nobody at the school cares about (that is not participating) or even respects.  It is a jarring experience.  Yes, she could have quit...but her entire identity and social circle was tied up in the team...so it was like she had no choice.

Good luck to your kid.[/quote]

Head count and revenue sports are still different. Head count is full scholarships for x number of athletes. Like gymnastics, other sports like baseball they can split the max allowed scholarship among more players. So for baseball it is extremely rare to get a full scholarship since they are splitting up 11 scholarships among a roster of players[/quote]

NCAA rules dictate this by sport[/quote]

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