MYTH OF A FULL RIDE-Scholarship (good reads)

[lakesbison]

a series on Star Tribune... good stuff...


Scholarship myths:

http://www.startribune.com/sports/preps/36078754.html?elr=KArksi8cyaiUeyD8_o8cyaiUiacyKUU


Baseball scholly myth:
http://www.startribune.com/sports/preps/36076579.html?elr=KArksi8cyaiUo8cyaiUiD3aPc:_Yyc:a UU


Scholarship Limits:

http://www.startribune.com/sports/preps/36076574.html?elr=KArksi8cyaiUeyD8_o8cyaiUiacyKUU

[lcbison]

Looks like women's rowing is the sport to be in.....WTF.....20 schollies for a sport like that..


Title 9 sucks

[bisonmike2]

Looks like women's rowing is the sport to be in.....WTF.....20 schollies for a sport like that..


Title 9 sucks

Now LC, title 9 serves an important and vali......ok you got me I couldn't go through with it. It's created a unique set of problems for universities to deal with. I'm sure if I have a daughter my views on title 9 would change but from a strictly financial view point, title 9 is a money and resource drain.

[mebisonII]

a series on Star Tribune... good stuff...


Scholarship myths:

http://www.startribune.com/sports/preps/36078754.html?elr=KArksi8cyaiUeyD8_o8cyaiUiacyKUU


Baseball scholly myth:
http://www.startribune.com/sports/preps/36076579.html?elr=KArksi8cyaiUo8cyaiUiD3aPc:_Yyc:a UU


Scholarship Limits:

http://www.startribune.com/sports/preps/36076574.html?elr=KArksi8cyaiUeyD8_o8cyaiUiacyKUU

Only read the first one so far, but that's a bit of an odd way to look at the numbers. College Scholarships/HS Athlete seems pretty irrelevant. Heck, I was a HS 'athlete', and I should not be mentioned in a conversation on college scholarships.

More interesting comparisons would be:

1. percentage of university students on athletic scholarships

2. average athlete scholarship vs. average academic scholarship

3. total academic scholarship $$/school vs. total athletic $$/school.

[mebisonII]

Now LC, title 9 serves an important and vali......ok you got me I couldn't go through with it. It's created a unique set of problems for universities to deal with. I'm sure if I have a daughter my views on title 9 would change but from a strictly financial view point, title 9 is a money and resource drain.

Strictly from a financial view point, 90%+ of college athletic programs are a money and resource drain ;)

[mebisonII]

The thread killer strikes again :D

[tony]

The thread killer strikes again :D

Heh, when I was reading that article I found myself shaking my head wondering why parents would count on an athletic scholarship as a means to a free education in the first place. Why not spend more effort getting Johnny to focus on school work, reading the occasional book, and maybe, if you want to play the system, prepping for PSAT/SAT/ACT? There are much better reasons for getting involved in athletics.

[bisonmike2]

Heh, when I was reading that article I found myself shaking my head wondering why parents would count on an athletic scholarship as a means to a free education in the first place. Why not spend more effort getting Johnny to focus on school work, reading the occasional book, and maybe, if you want to play the system, prepping for PSAT/SAT/ACT? There are much better reasons for getting involved in athletics.

If you want to really prepare yourself for how to help your child pay for college do what I did. Move to the cities and pay for a center daycare for you kid. I pay $1,000 a month for a center daycare in the Twin Cities and that's a pretty average rate. The range is between 800 to about 1300 for a pre-pre school toddler and even more for infants. For comparision, a year at NDSU with room and board, fees, books etc is $12,700 for a MN resident. Trust me, I'm counting down the days until he goes to kindergarten and when he does I plan on putting in a swimming pool and filling it with gold coins, like Scrooge McDuck. I figure if I can afford his daycare now, college will be a breeze even if I end up footing the entire bill myself. As long as he picks a state university.

[aces1180]

If you want to really prepare yourself for how to help your child pay for college do what I did. Move to the cities and pay for a center daycare for you kid. I pay $1,000 a month for a center daycare in the Twin Cities and that's a pretty average rate. The range is between 800 to about 1300 for a pre-pre school toddler and even more for infants. For comparision, a year at NDSU with room and board, fees, books etc is $12,700 for a MN resident. Trust me, I'm counting down the days until he goes to kindergarten and when he does I plan on putting in a swimming pool and filling it with gold coins, like Scrooge McDuck. I figure if I can afford his daycare now, college will be a breeze even if I end up footing the entire bill myself. As long as he picks a state university.

My kids won't have a choice...They WILL be Bison! ;)

[lakesbison]

more.. there is about 5-6 stories on this page

http://www.startribune.com/sports/preps/36295239.html?elr=KArksi8cyaiUeyD8_o8cyaiUiD3aPc:_ Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiU


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