Why Athletic Prospects need the Financial Aid Pre-Read

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Hands with money representing the financial aid pre-read for athletesAthletes need to know about financial aid pre-reads since one third of colleges do not offer athletic scholarships. At institutions that do offer scholarships, most sports are equivalency sports meaning that athletes are likely to receive only partial scholarships, if any at all. This means that the availability of non-athletic financial aid is an important consideration for most college athletes.

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Sortable List of Minnesota Colleges

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View of Minneapolis representing list of Minnesota collegesA basic list of Minnesota colleges starts with 33 4-year institutions with 500 or more full-time undergraduates. Skip to the end of the article for information to help you start your research to find the best colleges in Minnesota to meet your needs. The list includes information on college tuition costs in Minnesota as well as college endowment data.

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How to Find Student-Athlete Graduation Rates

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The NCAA has a public service announcement stating that most of their athletes go pro in something other than sports. They actually provide a table with the probability of competing beyond high school and the percentage who actually make it to the professional level. Given this information, any sensible athlete should pay serious attention to the student part of “student-athletes.”

One thing prospective student-athletes should take a look at is the graduation rate for the schools they’re interested in and compare the graduation rate for their sport. It’s not hard to do.

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Want to be Recruited to Play in College? Draw Them a Map

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hand tracing a map representing what it takes to be recruited to play in collegeIt doesn’t matter how many scouts or coaches show up to a tournament–if they don’t know you’re there you won’t be recruited to play in college. I remember one summer “showcase” tournament sitting in the bleachers behind home plate, pretty much by myself because it was over 100 degrees and if people couldn’t find shade, they left. Why was I still there? Since I had a towel to sit on, enough sun screen on to create a peelable layer, and my beat-up sun umbrella, I wasn’t much worse off than had I been in one of the few pathetic shade spots near the dugout.

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