if you get a track scholarship how does it work out

bump, I'd actually appreciate some info on this as well.

In my experience:

Yes, you have to apply but the financial part is all taken care of.

One word of warning- you want education money.

Athletic money can be taken from you at any time for any reason- it has happened to athletes I coached.

Education money is yours for four years.

I had one athlete get $29,000.00 total.

$3000.00 was athletic, $26,000.00 education.

She quit the team and lost $3000.00

Another student, with a scholarship, was given a hard time by admissions. She called the coach at the college, who called the AD, who called admissions, who was told to let her in- they did, no problem but it was a stressful four hours at the high school.

Yes, you still have to apply, and depending on the school, they won't care about your grades.

I applied to my current college with a full ride athletically and the coach got them to not only let me in with a sub-par GPA, but I also didn't have to write the admissions essay. My GPA in high school was just over 3.0 and the average GPA going in here is 3.7 on a 4.0 scale.

It all depends on the coach and school. Some coaches can't do anything about the admissions process and you're on your own in terms of getting in.

Yes, if you get any kind of scholarship money you still have to apply to school just like anyone else. The difference is you'll likely have lots of help from the coaches and staff to make the process easier.

However, if you think you're going to get a 'full track scholarship' you're either in the top 1-2% of runners in your state or you don't understand that track scholarships are limited and very, very few kids get a full ride in the good programs. I think it's 12.6 spots for men and 18 for women. Coaches have to spread those spots out among T&F distance, cross country and sprint, jump and field positions.

Also, it depends on the school, what the coach needs that year, who he signed last year, your grades (coaches like to have kids who will make their team GPA numbers look good), who on scholarship is graduating and freeing up a spot, who else is your HS competition for that same scholarship, etc.

For example, I know of a girl who ran 5:15 for 1600 and could only get an offer of 25% of tuition from a particular school, but two years later that coach signed a girl to full tuition scholarship with a 5:19 PR. It's different from year to year. Lots of factors went into that situation.

What are your times? Are you male or female? Maybe someone here can give you an objective idea of what you might get at certain types of programs.

Yes you have to apply? Is that even a question? And yes it is the same process other athletes go through other than the fact that you know you are getting in. Generally the coach will be able to tell you how certain they are that you will get in.

Obviously if you get a full scholarship you wont have to apply for financial aid.

soon to be collegiate wrote:

I am currently a junior and have been in contact with some coaches. If you get a full track scholarship do you still have to apply? I would assume so, but do you have to go through the same process that other students go through? If some people who ran in college on scholarships could share some info that would be nice.

Yes you have to apply! Yes, you go through the same process. You will be "pre-approved" meaning basically that if you apply to the college, you are guaranteed to be approved, but admissions will look at your academic stats before that happens.

Coaches WANT their athletes to have to apply anyway. You could be eligible for academic scholarships or need-based aid, etc. that would pare down what they (the athletic department) have to give you.

The coaches that want you will tell you how to go about the process, and if they don't, you need to ask.

Yes, a huge plus is that you don't have to spend a lot of time doing paperwork, but you need to apply anyway. But it can be anything, since my brother had to write an scholarship essay, since there was competition among other students. He doesn't have great grades and used https://paperell.com/scholarship-essay-writing-service because he wanted to be sure. He used the scholarship essay writing service to receive quality essay and get scholarship. He was looking for different information and wanted a scholarship at this university https://www.lynn.edu/admission/tuition-aid/financial-aid/athletic-scholarship but got it in another one.

who bumps a 5 year old thread?