Could a 4:25 miler get a full scholorship to a "bad" d1/d2 school?

temple, or some school out east.. so many decent schools academically who suck at running.. they probably give away money. Or look down South. Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas.. Texas is a huge state full of average DI's

I don't think you quite understand how things work. People who are mediocre at running, 4:25, grades, 3.5 unweighted I assume and the ACT do not get scholarship money. You need to be really good at something for people to pay you to do it.

The good news is that if your family needs the money you should be able to find financial aid. So look into your state's boring lower level university. In state tuition is often the best deal.

Might wanna learn how scholarships work. A school isn't going to waste an entire full ride on a 4:25 miler. Doesn't matter how mad they are, that's too big of a slice to give to one athlete.

These other posters are clearly uninformed. I've known people slower and with lower GPAs that get tons of scholarship money. Just look around and reach out to people. It certainly can happen.

She sure could!

Not saying it can't happen, but ... there is relatively little scholarship money (I believe 12.6 full-ride equivalents) available in men's track to cover a large number of athletes (what, 45, 50?) . Almost no one gets a full ride anywhere.

Not if you can't spell "scholarship."

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These other posters are clearly uninformed. I've known people slower and with lower GPAs that get tons of scholarship money. Just look around and reach out to people. It certainly can happen.

Just be careful what is called "scholarship" money. I've heard lots of students refer to "scholarship" money and imply it was either academic or athletic when it was academic when they implied athletic and others where it was based on need (their family income) and not based on athletics or academics.

For example, if you've ever been told that an athlete got an athletic scholarship or full-ride academic scholarship to an Ivy League college, that was BS as they give neither...all based on financial need. Sometimes they might earn a small scholarship while in school ($1,000 or something like that), but when someone tells you that so and so got a "full ride" to an Ivy League school, that simply means that their family isn't wealthy.

Western Alabama will take you on.

http://www.uwaathletics.com/index.aspx?path=mentrack

Blue Mountain college will give you a free ride.

Rhyme wrote:

First off by bad I just mean athletically ideally i'd like to go to a good acedemic school.

I ran a 4:25 mile and a 9:35 2 mile this past track season, could anyone make suggestions as to schools that might offer me full tuition paid for.

Academically I have mediocre grades being a 3.5 gpa and a 24 act

Blue Mountain State will probably take you. Awesome parties there.

Division II can't give full rides.

Also, most bad D1 and D2 schools probably won't even have the money to give ya. A school with a crap cross country team will give most the scholarship funding to any other team but xc. But every school is different. As it was said before on here, just look into the school individually.

Yes. You'd get money from Eastern Washington University for sure, possibly Coastal Carolina or Arkansas State as well. If you really don't care about academics you could go NAIA on a full ride, but I'd advise against it. Most posters don't seem to realize how many bad schools there are that give away money. It makes zero sense for them to do so, but they do. berucruited.com is a great tool for athletes in your tier or slightly below.

beware wrote:

Division II can't give full rides.

Also, most bad D1 and D2 schools probably won't even have the money to give ya. A school with a crap cross country team will give most the scholarship funding to any other team but xc. But every school is different. As it was said before on here, just look into the school individually.

There are actually a lot of bad schools that give athletic scholarships. I have no idea why they do, but they do. I was a 4:40 miler and I had several full ride offers from horrible schools. OP didn't mention them but many NAIA schools offer full rides, but the school quality is near the level of Everest or University of Phoenix.

Idk about full. I was a 4:24/9:30 guy and I got a very small amount from a somewhat decent school. (academically, track was horrid) As I got quicker, they gave me more to hold onto me for all 4 years, to ensure I wouldn't just jump ship to another program. A year or two of student loans to run at a solid school is just a drop in the bucket... don't compromise education for the draw of being a D1 athlete. Also learn to spell.

Yes, you can get money. I had a kid graduate last year with those times who got a 1/3rd scholarship at a mid-level D1 program. He'll have to improve to become a meaningful part of the team, but I think he will.

Full ride? I would guess not.

Definitely - if you're a female. If not, just "identify" as one.

berecruited.com wrote:

There are actually a lot of bad schools that give athletic scholarships. I have no idea why they do, but they do. I was a 4:40 miler and I had several full ride offers from horrible schools. OP didn't mention them but many NAIA schools offer full rides, but the school quality is near the level of Everest or University of Phoenix.

This is the most ill-informed post of the day.

A 4:40 male miler will never have full ride athletic only offers, even from horrible programs.

But an many private schools, they work hard to make education affordable and NAIA institutions are able to stack academic, athletic and financial aid into the package, so maybe you can get a large chunk covered.

As far as school quality, the vast majority NAIA schools rank in the top tier of USNews rankings. And to even put NAIA schools and the univ of Phoenix is so ignorant that it must have come from a state school attendee that drank his way through college.

I'm speaking from personal experience here, so I don't know how you can say I'm ill informed. I was only a 4:42 miler in high school and had full ride offers from Simpson, William Jessup, Warner Pacific, Great Falls, and Carroll College and partials from several others.

Not a single NAIA school is in the top 50, much less top tier.