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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Plenty of small, not prestigious, not selective D3 schools give everybody tons of merit aid.

D3 schools can't give sports scholarships, but I assume this family is betting that you don't know that so that is why they are bragging this way.

It is possible that they receive some extra merit aid compared to the next person for some leadership award or something like that which mysteriously always goes to athletes.[/quote]

If a coach gets the student  merit aid it’s [b]essentially a sports scholarship[/b].

Sure they don’t call it that. Loophole.[/quote]

No its not, a sports scholarship criteria for awarding would be based on athletics. A merit scholarship is based on academic merit. If you stop playing the sport or are injured you could and would lose the athletic scholarship but as long as you meet the merit criteria (GPA etc) you would retain the merit scholarship. A D3 school can not give an athletic scholarship, they can however use merit scholarships to recruit an athlete. [/quote]

It took 18 pages to get to this?[/quote]

No, it didn't. There were enough posts up thread explaining that a merit award may attract an athlete, even ones with dubious academic qualities. But there were enough people who wanted to sling mud, including at kids who really didn't deserve it, to cloud the thread for many read.

Look, I wasn't happy when DH's cousin, who is basically his sibling, told us that their DC didn't ED anywhere because they couldn't make a decision, only to find out later that they had and were rejected. Why lie, especially to family? But whatever. Parents say all kinds of stuff about their children.[b] If it doesn't directly have bad consequences on one's life, let it go.[/b]

And kudos to all the kids who are continuing to play sports if that is their desire. If it keeps them happy and on track/out of trouble, so much the better. [/quote]

Oh hells no. I don’t lie. I expect the same courtesy. I’m not gonna play into your sad little fantasy. [/quote]

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