My kid plays soccer - it’s also very competitive for a full scholarship, but I have no idea how it compares to golf, etc. If you really need 100%, then I see a lot of compromises being made. Like in-state, not a great team and/ot high acceptance rate. If you’re not the best of the best, you have to flex somewhere.

For D3, there IS merit money, but again, if you’re chasing money, then you need to pick a lower stats school. The Williams at full price kid could get good merit money at Gettysburg, but $0 at Williams. It’s all a series of trades.

Not sure theee are full for XC

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Anonymous wrote:we are involved in the recruiting process for a runner right now and I was expecting in-state tuition offers for OOS schools or partial scholarships but our DC has been offered a lot more. It has been surprising. Also, coaches are very clear that this is a huge amount of work and if performances is not as expected- they will make cuts.

are you talking about D1 schools that are ranked inT20 for cross country? or more mid tier schools

Both and not just for XC- for all three seasons of running (XC, indoor track, outdoor track)

Anonymous wrote:we are involved in the recruiting process for a runner right now and I was expecting in-state tuition offers for OOS schools or partial scholarships but our DC has been offered a lot more. It has been surprising. Also, coaches are very clear that this is a huge amount of work and if performances is not as expected- they will make cuts.

are you talking about D1 schools that are ranked inT20 for cross country? or more mid tier schools

sports scholarships are available at D1 and D2 (and Ivy League doesn't do sports scholarships). D3 can give merit money but not for sports.

So when your mom's friend says "my grandkid got a full swimming scholarship to Yale,"- they are lying.

Do kids ever get scholarships for schools that aren't D1? I have known some families with good but not super elite HS tennis players who went on to play at non-D1 schools. I always assumed they got some money, not a full ride but a bit of a discount. Some went to SLACs and some went to well-regarded state school OOS (but not flagships).

Any idea if there is money for kids like this? I think my kid would like to play at a college level if she can, but doubt she'd be recruited to a D1 team.

Yes there are but given that hey .005 % of boys high school tennis players even play D1 tennis the odds are not in your favor for a full ride

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Anonymous wrote:With the roster changes, I think most Power 4 schools have moved to 100% scholarships for all sports…but rosters have been cut and some sports eliminated.

You of course have to be tops in the world because that’s your completion. Big article of colleges recruiting Kenyan distance runners as example.

This is absolutely not true. The money still has to be there.

Very few schools will be able to fund more athletes. One school publicizing giving everyone scholarships is UT - Austin, but this will be very rare.

I assume all the other SEC schools matched this…but maybe not.

I have an SEC athlete... no - they do not all have the money.

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Anonymous wrote:With the roster changes, I think most Power 4 schools have moved to 100% scholarships for all sports…but rosters have been cut and some sports eliminated.

You of course have to be tops in the world because that’s your completion. Big article of colleges recruiting Kenyan distance runners as example.

This is absolutely not true. The money still has to be there.

Very few schools will be able to fund more athletes. One school publicizing giving everyone scholarships is UT - Austin, but this will be very rare.

I assume all the other SEC schools matched this…but maybe not.

we are involved in the recruiting process for a runner right now and I was expecting in-state tuition offers for OOS schools or partial scholarships but our DC has been offered a lot more. It has been surprising. Also, coaches are very clear that this is a huge amount of work and if performances is not as expected- they will make cuts.

I know a guy who got a bowling scholarship. He wasn't even a particularly good bowler - it's just not a hot sport.

Anonymous wrote:With the roster changes, I think most Power 4 schools have moved to 100% scholarships for all sports…but rosters have been cut and some sports eliminated.

You of course have to be tops in the world because that’s your completion. Big article of colleges recruiting Kenyan distance runners as example.

This is absolutely not true. The money still has to be there.

Very few schools will be able to fund more athletes. One school publicizing giving everyone scholarships is UT - Austin, but this will be very rare.

If the OP has a talented athlete but needs a full scholarship to pay for college, research the service academies. Extremely competitive to get in. Student “pays” for his education by his service to our country.

We have a good friend who ran XC/track at West Point. Gotta be extremely motivated, disciplined and desiring to serve your country.

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Anonymous wrote:So most kids don't just run XC- they do mid and long distance track events for both indoor and outdoor so it becomes a three season commitment. For mid-tier D1- it could be 60-70% for big programs it could be 70-100%. But you have to be fast no matter the level of program.

what conferences would be considered mid tier for D1 cross country?

Atlantic-10, Patriot, Mountain West (except for New Mexico)

Anonymous wrote:Yes of course but golf and tennis will have very few allotted per team . I think it’s like 4.5 on a roster of maybe 10

And most team slots will be filled by international students further limiting the chances of landing a scholarship.