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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t know anything about division 3 schools and athletic recruiting. Is this possible?

They are on the lower end of upper middle class. No hooks. Their senior is a good not great athlete. And not an especially noteworthy student. She was not in the most advanced AP courses and her parents kept having her retake the ACT and SAT because her scores were so mediocre. Best ACT sitting was 26 and she was too embarrassed to reveal SAT scores.[/quote]

You sound nosey and judgmental.

D3 schools don't give money for sports per se, but they can award athletes the Presidential Scholarship or the Excellence Grant or whatever it is that significantly discounts the sticker price. (If they cover all of tuition but not room & board, is that still a full ride? Maybe in this family's telling...) The academic or playing level of the student only matters in comparison to the student body -- if they are seen as a valuable addition *to that school,* the school will throw money their way. So if your kid is rocking a 3.6 and applying to a school where the average admit has a 3.3, those coaches and AOs will ask you to dance. [/quote]

No, I'm not being nosy or judgmental at all. The 18 year old teen, the father and mother have all recently posted this on social media and are making a big deal about it in conversation. I'm just trying to understand how it's even possible. Not an exceptional athlete, not an exceptional student, and they make way too much for Federal Pell Grant or any means-based awards. Why or how would any college, even a regional small private college, let their child go there for free?[/quote]

It’s a big deal to them.  Stop bending mean. [/quote]

Yes, it's probably not a free ride, but it's also not your business. [/quote]

It’s probably free tuition but not free room and board. That’s what we got.[/quote]

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