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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think Maret recruits heavily for baseball. No private school will offer you a "scholarship" officially. As others have said you get an admissions offer and then any financial aid they choose to offer you which could be more than the FAFSA says you should pay.[/quote]

As other posters have noted, Catholic schools tend to be more flexible in this regard.  A few -- not many -- independents offer something akin to merit aid - where merit may be seen as encompassing athletic skills.  A few others actually have third-party endowed scholarships that are not advertised.  This allows the school to officially say "we offer no aid except based on demonstrated need" while funneling dollars to a desired recruit.   And, of course, there is nothing that requires a private independent school to distribute its financial aid equally to all who request it.    Independent schools in the DC area certainly have channeled their financial aid dollars toward achieving other specific goals deemed important by the administration, and that has included athletic recruiting.  I am not defending the practice, but it is no secret. [/quote]

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