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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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.[/quote]

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. [/quote]

That's simply false. You're not going to convince me because we tried every way possible for my kid to do this and the only 'free' offers at the end of the day were D1.[/quote]

Your kid was either not good enough or not smart enough. [/quote]

Wut? A kid who plays D1 isn't good enough to play D3? You ate a lot of crayons as a child, didn't you?[/quote]

Yes. You obviously know nothing about the current college sports landscape. Transfer portal has changed everything. Your D1 kid wasn’t good enough to get good D3 money. Sorry to break it to you.

Also, the crayons attempted insult is extremely uncreative and dull. At least try to show some intelligence. [/quote]

There is no D3 money. My father was a D1 coach for 22 years and my FIL was Chief of Admissions at a highly selective university. But keep telling yourself your loser kid is great.[/quote]

Well, since you obviously used family connections to wedge your benchwarmer kid into a D1 slot he would not otherwise have earned on his own merit, I see now why you don’t understand how D3 merit aid works for kids who are top recruits. Your posts make a lot more sense now.

For kids who are actually good, there is a lot of money available, enough to make the schools cheaper than in-state public. [/quote]

NP. Read through this thread,  and this person just seems so nasty. Just because the other poster calls their statement false (which is annoying as it was their experience), they then attack the other poster's kid repeatedly.  I get you being annoyed,  but that just is an ugly look for you.[/quote]

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A FULL RIDE FOR SPORTS AT D3 SCHOOLS. NONE. IT DOESN'T HAPPEN.  IT DOESN'T HAPPEN UNDER THE GUISE OF MERIT AID. IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AT ALL. THE POSTER IS LYING. STOP RESPONDING TO THEM.[/quote]

My goodness, you are worked up. I never said there was, and I don’t think the initial poster did either. Just that her kid got a lot of merit aid. Highly unusual but you never know. But, even if she wasn't truthful, why the gnashing of teeth and attacks on her kid?
It just makes you look vicious and nutty.[/quote]

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