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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][quote=Anonymous]Ivies don’t have scholarships, so no may anyone turned one down.  They do have financial aid, but that is need-based.[/quote]

They don’t do athletic scholarships but they do award merit scholarships which can be for athletics.[/quote]
No, they don’t offer merit scholarships either.[/quote]

I know someone who was recruited to Harvard for crew. They absolutely give out athletic scholarships. This is a myth.[/quote]

It is a myth that they give out athletic scholarships. It’s common for people to pretend they are too rich to receive financial aid.  [/quote]

+1  Being wanted by the crew coach can help you get in so being "recruited" is accurate.  But any money you get is need-based, not an "athletic scholarship."[/quote]

Not true. This person did not have financial need for a full ride. She received what essentially amounts to an athletic scholarship — she told me.[/quote]

She lied[/quote]

She lied about being recruited for crew? [/quote]

Sigh. Why is this so difficult for you to understand? Her kid may well have been recruited for crew. Her kid may well have received a significant amount of money to attend, up to the full cost of attendance. But the only, single, one possible source of that money was financial aid granted based on the family’s income and assets. [/quote]

Ok, but that doesn’t change the fact that she had a massive admissions advantage based on being good at crew. Also — I was talking to her, not her parent. [/quote]

No one disagrees that recruited athletes have a huge admissions advantage. But that fact is completely unrelated to the type of $$ they receive for athletics, if any. Ivy league athletes receive no athletic (or merit) money and rich families receive no financial aid money at Ivy League schools. [/quote]

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