I am in the 11th grade and i want to get a half ride or full ride scholarship.This summer i am joining a good Swim club and they will help me with my freestyle stroke but i want to know what i have to do in order for a college to look at me? Do i have to compete in alot events. so far I do the 50m,200m and the 100m.
2007-05-01 10:23:12 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Financial Aid
There are a few things you need to do right away. You need to register with the NCAA database along with notify the college coaches at the schools you are interested in attending. Athletic scholarships only happen in Division one and two schools. I also recommend applying for outside scholarships and financial aid because the coaches have a limited budget allotment for scholarships. I will include some resources that should help.
First, the college's financial aid office and website has a list of private scholarships offered from outside organizations and companies. Sometimes a college major's website will list scholarships, too.
Second, the public library has a book listing scholarships with some not even listed on the web.
Third, the high school guidance office has a list of local scholarships and state scholarships & grants.
Fourth, a campus work study job can help with money needed during the school year. The program is funded by the federal government. It will be a job on campus and most times can work to your availability schedule. There should be a box on the FAFSA form for it.
Fifth, fill out the FAFSA form after January 1 of your senior year of high school. It will qualify her for need based financial aid from the federal government and the school itself. It will come in the form of scholarships, Pell Grant, student loans, and the work study program.
Sixth, study and practice for the SAT or ACT tests. It can help bring merit scholarships from the college itself.
Seventh, states do offer grant and scholarships for students with excellent grades. Search Google.com and Yahoo.com for these grants and scholarships with your state's name.
Finally, I recommend joining several free membership scholarship search websites. There are scholarships for a variety of things including ethnicity, clubs, hobbies, and even wearing duct tape to the high school prom. Most are updated on a regular basis. Most offer a customized search based on information entered onto a form on the website.
Good luck!
P.S. I recommend my advice just in case you get a partial athletic scholarship. I came across a message board post in the past week that a basketball coach had only a budget of $5000 to hand out in athletic scholarships, and it went to the local kid. The poster's child did get other scholarships from the college, but it was not in music. It is always better to be on the safe side.
2007-05-01 12:28:19 · answer #1 · answered by dawncs 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Swim Scholarships
2016-11-12 05:55:56 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What dawncs wrote about applying for scholarships is what you want to do if you're looking for a regular academic scholarship.
But it looks like you're asking about a scholarship for swimming. I am a registered USA Swimming coach so I can help you out with this.
The first thing you should know about swimming is that college coaches DO NOT want to see film of you in the pool. This is not football or soccer or hockey. THE ONLY things that matter when it comes to getting money for swimming are your times in events. Coaches at the collegiate level don't care if your strokes make it look like you've never been in water before....they just want to know if you're fast enough to help the team.
Now the first thing you should do is contact the coaches of the schools you're interested in. Go on the school's website (usually something like "www.school'sname.edu") Tell them you swim and want to know more about the times of the guys who are already on the team AND you want to know if they offer scholarship money for swimming.
Now schools have different standards and different needs. For example:
The University at Buffalo would probably offer a girl partial scholarship money to swim if she has a 500 freestyle time of under 5:00.00 or a 100 fly time under 58.00 seconds.
At the same time, Canisius College, a private school 10 minutes away from UB is in a different, weaker D-1 conference, and so the same girl that goes under 5 minutes in her 500 or under 58 seconds in her fly will probably get a full scholarship with room and board included AND she'll be the best swimmer on the team.
Teams have different needs, too. If you've only swam the 50, 100, and 200 and the school you're applying to doesn't need a sprinter then you're less likely to get scholarship aid. I recommend getting on a club swim team and fixing your strokes/dropping time in all 4 strokes.
Make a list of the schools you want to apply to and ask for information. Coaches spend countless hours recruiting so they love it when someone actually comes to them for a change.
Good luck!!! Any more questions feel free to email me at ragecd@adelphia.net
2007-05-02 05:08:53 · answer #3 · answered by Chris 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
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I want to get a Swim scholarship and want to know what i have to do to get it?
I am in the 11th grade and i want to get a half ride or full ride scholarship.This summer i am joining a good Swim club and they will help me with my freestyle stroke but i want to know what i have to do in order for a college to look at me? Do i have to compete in alot events. so far I do the...
2015-08-10 11:43:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Discuss this with coach at your current school. Contact universities you want to go to, the Athletic Department, and ask them. Also, look online for swimming scholarships & see what pops up.
2007-05-01 10:28:04 · answer #5 · answered by gouldgirl2002 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a matter of being seen. If you are winning a lot of meets then you will show up on their radar. I know that with football, basketball, and baseball, kids/parents will sometimes send videos to colleges. I don't know if that will work for swimming. If you really think you're good enough, ask your coach to put in some phone calls to schools you want to go to.
2007-05-01 10:30:41 · answer #6 · answered by Justin H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2014-09-20 11:01:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
For a scholarship competing is only part of it; winning is what counts.
2007-05-01 10:27:11 · answer #8 · answered by LodiTX 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋