FINANCIAL AID
If you've met Bylaw 14.3
requirements and are enrolled full time in a Division I or II college, you may
receive financial aid from the school that includes tuition and fees, room and
board, and books.
In addition,
student-athletes who haven't met Bylaw 14.3 requirements may receive financial
aid under specified conditions.
You will be a nonqualifier if you did not graduate from high school, or, if
you graduated and are missing both the core-course
grade-point average or the required ACT or SAT scores. As a nonqualifier, you:
·
Cannot
practice or compete for your college or university during your first year of
college;
·
Cannot receive
an athletics scholarship during your first year of college, although you may
receive need-based financial aid; and
·
Can play four
seasons in your sport as long as you maintain your eligibility from year to
year.
You will be a partial qualifier if you do not meet all of the academic
requirements but you have graduated from high school and meet one of the
following:
·
The combined
SAT score of 820 or ACT sum score of 68; OR
·
Completion of
the 14 core courses with a 2.000 core-course grade-point average.
As a partial qualifier,
you:
·
Can practice
with your team at its home facility during your first year of college;
·
Can receive an
athletics scholarship during your first year of college; and
·
Cannot compete
during your first year of college; and
·
Can play four
seasons in your sport as long as you maintain your eligibility from year to
year.
There's no guaranteed
four-year athletics scholarship in Division I, II or III. An athletics
scholarship is awarded for one academic year. It may be renewed each year for a
maximum of five years within a six-year period.
In some cases, you may
receive additional financial aid, such as the Pell Grant, from government
programs. Ask your college's financial aid office for more information about
such aid.
If you receive a
scholarship from your high school or local civic or booster club, tell your
college recruiter so he or she can notify the school's financial aid office.
If you plan to attend a
Division III college, you may receive financial aid up to the cost of
attendance (tuition and fees, room and board, books, transportation, and other
expenses incidental to attendance) if the aid is based on financial need and
not associated with athletics ability.
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