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Does Your Kid Go to College to Get the Best Possible Education, or to Play Tennis? — 5 Comments

  1. Just to clarify something you wrote in your last paragraph, Ivy League schools do not offer athletic scholarships. Neither do Division III schools.

  2. I did not write that Ivy schools and Division III colleges offer athletic scholarship. But: 1. Ivy schools and top division III schools provide generous financial aid to their students (free education for students whose family has less than $65K income, and big discounts for those with under $150K). In many cases it is much better than an athletic scholarship. 2. Acceptance rate to Ivy and top Division III schools like MIT is about 6-10%. So, if you are accepted to those schools thank your tennis skills it is excellent.

  3. You should definitely look for the best possible academic environment that you can find. There is a great range in terms of academic offerings among schools that offer tennis scholarships. In the US a college education is not the same in all schools.

    • Thank you, Edgar. It is what I mean. If you can go to the better college because your good tennis level, it is perfect.

  4. Any student that are entering college and do not have a goal in becoming a professional athlete, but still choose to play college sports are classify as student athletes. They are not athlete students, therefore, these students should choose their college most compatible to their education. May it be a D1 or Ivy Leaque school, your education should be the forefront for school of choice. Do not belief everything these college coaches tells you. They cannot guarantee anything, even your college scholarship must be approve by the athletics dept. Especially your college admission; best to go through the proper channel by going through the admissions dept. It is true there are no athletic scholarships in D3 and Ivy Leaque schools, but if they really want you to play on their team; there are ways for them to put together a financial package for you. Don’t be discourage.