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Dec 2, 2013
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Okay, so I keep hearing from time to time that many college softball programs are not fully funded. Someone had mentioned that Mercer is not fully funded.

It would be nice if we knew or had list of those schools.
 
Oct 30, 2014
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Not fully funded really only means that they don't give out the max scholarships (12 for DI softball, 7.2 for DII).

It doesn't have anything to do with uniforms, practice facilities, field quality, or any other extra that goes into programs. There is really no need to have a list, either you get offered a scholarship or you don't. Look at the quality of the program with what they have available.
 
Dec 2, 2013
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I understand what it means. If our DD's are fighting for 8 scholly's rather than 12 that makes it much more difficult for all players, and would be nice to know. I would hate to put a lot of effort into chasing a program only to find out that athletic monies are scarce to start with. At least I know what I am dealing with the D3 and Ivies with NO athletic monies. I also consider looking at the size of the school's endowment which could come into to play. If I am thinking about this all wrong, please school me.
 
Jun 27, 2011
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If our DD's are fighting for 8 scholly's rather than 12 that makes it much more difficult for all players, and would be nice to know.

I agree that it could be useful info. In your example here, it's not necessarily that much more difficult between 12 and 8. Let's say you've got 20 players on both rosters. One team is averaging a 60 percent scholly while the other is averaging a 40 percent scholly. The in-state, non-private school at 40 percent still might be much cheaper overall.

You usually can find that info out if you know players that go to a school, or a coach who has sent players there. There's a D-I school not far from me that has only 4.0 schollys to give. They recruited a teammate of DD's and were very interested, only to find they wanted her to walk on and hoped that in-state tuition would be enough to entice her. Didn't mean they didn't real like her and hope she could be a starter, but didn't love her so much to offer any money. Only got 4.0 to give.
 
May 28, 2013
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But, This is where having a child who also excelled in Academics, comes into play. Sure, there might only be a 40% Softball offer, But when they roll out the other enticements, some decisions become really easy.
 

Greenmonsters

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Feb 21, 2009
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But, This is where having a child who also excelled in Academics, comes into play. Sure, there might only be a 40% Softball offer, But when they roll out the other enticements, some decisions become really easy.

I know of a SB player (non-P, non-starter) played for an Ivy for a FOUR-year total of $8K. If financial aid will be a necessity, do not rule out the Ivies and well-endowed D3s because of the price tag if your kid has the academic chops.
 
Dec 2, 2013
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I agree that it could be useful info. In your example here, it's not necessarily that much more difficult between 12 and 8. Let's say you've got 20 players on both rosters. One team is averaging a 60 percent scholly while the other is averaging a 40 percent scholly. The in-state, non-private school at 40 percent still might be much cheaper overall.

You usually can find that info out if you know players that go to a school, or a coach who has sent players there. There's a D-I school not far from me that has only 4.0 schollys to give. They recruited a teammate of DD's and were very interested, only to find they wanted her to walk on and hoped that in-state tuition would be enough to entice her. Didn't mean they didn't real like her and hope she could be a starter, but didn't love her so much to offer any money. Only got 4.0 to give.

This is my point and thank you for clarifying. Just wish there was some way that the school can document(have available) this or it would be nice for Cathi Aradi to have this in her book. The need based financial aid is a tough one. Heck we all need it right? Let say you happen to start doing well financially in the 4 years leading up to your kid going to college, but the previous 14 years you really struggled with no way to save for college, you are screwed. Either you are well off and do need the aid, you are poor and get a full ride, or like the majority of us make a decent enough living but not bad enough to get much help. I ran the numbers a few times and one particular school will give $20K need based, but the school still would cost out of pocket $38K. Yikes! Luckily my kid is a minority (white) in a largely Hispanic free/reduced lunch school. Oh wait...that won't help me. So much to consider besides DD skill set!!!!
 

JAD

Feb 20, 2012
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Whether or not a school is fully funded can also change year to year, so the list would always be in flux.
 

Cannonball

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Feb 25, 2009
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We ran into this when BB was being recruited. In talking to the coach, they had 9 scholarships. It was clear that pitchers got the most monies. I didn't consider it a waste of time that BB took an official visit here but I was somewhat disappointed. Then, we found out that this same school didn't have in region monies like the school in the same conference that was maybe 60 miles away.
 

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