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[quote=Anonymous]That explanation makes no sense.

If you wish to do some research on scholarships for soccer start with the basics.

For Division 1 schools on the women’s side, a school can offer up to 14 “full” scholarships.  On the men’s side it is 9.9.  Those are the max numbers.  Many schools do not offer the max number.  They might, for example, offer 6 women’s scholarships and not have a guy’s team.  With soccer, a school can offer partial scholarships though.  So a school with a budget of 6 total scholarships could offer a quarter scholarship to incoming freshman and then up that later.

A key point is that scholarships can stack. So - a kid who qualifies for good academic money can really cut costs down.  Example:  let’s say tuition, board and housing are $24,000 a year.  Your kid is offered a 25% ride to start.  That’s $6,000,  That leaves you owing $18,000.  Now, let’s say your kid had a 3.7 gpa and rolled a good ACT or SAT score such that they qualify for a “Presidential” scholarship of $6,000 a year as long abs they maintain their grades.  Now you are on the hook for $12,000.  Depending on your own finances there can be substantial additional grants.  Common Pell Grants would cover about $6,000.  Student loans would cover the balance.  So, that $24K can be handled fairly easily particularly if your kid has good high school grades.

Do look into scholarships that are offered for special interests and circumstances.  And, do consider sources outside of the school.  My own kid got a very nice scholarship given by a wealthy member of our church to any kid from the church who sang in the choir and who would sing in the school’s choir program.  My kid is a decent singer who sang in the church youth choir and her high school choirs for fun.  The church organists was asking the high school kids where they were going to college.  My daughter said X, and the organists said “hey if you wanted to keep singing Y sponsors this scholarship.”   She sang for all 4 years.  The scholarship was about a quarter scholarship.

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