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What is a sport scholarship?
For what reasons are scholarships awarded?
Who is it that eventually gives me the scholarship?
What subjects can I study with a sport scholarship?
Which sports offer scholarships?
What is the performance in American college teams like, what leagues are there?
What is practice like?
How good do I have to be?
What can a scholarship amount to?
Will there be any additional costs at the college?
For what duration can a scholarship be awarded?
Can I loose my scholarship?
What does "NCAA Clearinghouse" mean?
What is the SAT?
What is the TOEFL?
How can sport-scholarships.com be of assistance?
Which universities does sport-scholarships.com keep in contact with?
What is the process like when making use of the scholarship service?
What does the service cost?
What is a sport scholarship?
Scholarships athletic as well as academic are much more common in the US than in most other countries. Sport scholarships are awarded to athletes of outstanding performance in order to enable them to finance their studies in the US. The athlete participates fully in practice sessions with the college team and represents the university in different tournaments and competitions. The coaches’ job is to professionally look after the teams and, therefore, has somewhat of the same position as a professor and is paid accordingly.
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For what reasons are scholarships awarded?
For ages American universities have had college teams in all kinds of sports and employ coaches to professionally manage these teams, which serve as an advertisement for the respective university in numerous competitions. If a team has regional or even nation-wide success, the media covers those events. That is why, the college teams serve as a means to market the university in order to recruit new students. For this reason the universities provide the coaches with a budget to recruit talented athletes from around the world, so that those can finance their studies or even their entire stay abroad.
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Who is it that eventually gives me the scholarship?
The coaches receive a budget from the university, which is left to their sole discretion. Therefore, it depends on the coach alone if he or she awards you a scholarship and, if so, what the amount should be. However, the coach cannot influence enrolment at the university. Your academic performance needs to be sufficient as well!
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What subjects can I study with a sport scholarship?
In general, you can study any subject with a sport scholarship. You simply enrol as a "regular" student at the department of your choice. The range of subjects and majors offered in the US in much larger than in most other countries. Your sport scholarship does not depend on your academic preferences. You are free to choose any combination of subjects offered at the respective university.
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Which sports offer scholarships?
Scholarships are offered in the following sports:
Women:
Archery, Basketball, Bowling, Cross Country, Equestrian, Fencing, Field Hockey, Golf, Gymnastics, Ice Hockey, Lacrosse, Rifle, Rowing, Skiing (Cross Country and Downhill), Soccer, Softball, Squash, Swimming and Diving, Sync. Swimming, Tennis, Track & Field (Indoor and Outdoor) Volleyball, Water Polo
Men:
Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Fencing, Football, Golf, Gymnastics, Ice Hockey, Lacrosse, Rifle, Skiing (Cross Country und Downhill), Soccer, Swimming and Diving, Tennis, Track & Field (Indoor and Outdoor), Volleyball, Water Polo, Wrestling
All other sports currently do not award scholarships.
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What is the performance in American college teams like, and what leagues are there?
American universities play in different divisions, the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) I, II and III, and the NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics), which are divided according to the size of the university rather than according to ability. The NCAA I is the largest and best division of all, the NCAA II and NAIA are comparable and weaker than the first league. The universities in the NCAA III do not offer scholarships, but nevertheless consist of coached teams.
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What is practice like?
For those who would not only like to make their studies abroad possible, but also improve their athletic performance, a scholarship for an American university is just perfect. Practice is very intense, it usually consists of two and a half hours of daily training supervised by coaches and assistant coaches. For the most part the training sessions take place in the afternoon between 2 and 5 p.m., after morning classes and before evening classes. Additionally, the teams do weightlifting and running sessions late at night or in the wee hours of the morning. Anyone who thinks he could laze about is quite mistaken. As a rule, practice is rather hard and very professional. Not without reason do many athletes enter the professional arena after four years of intensive college sport.
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How good do I have to be?
Often times it is not rankings or best times that decides whether you will receive a scholarship or not, it is rather the complete image of an athlete, i.e. academic background and athletic development that is decisive. Besides, the standards vary quite significantly from college to college.
In order for you to be able to estimate your individual chances we have created a free prospect evaluation, which tells you, whether your chances are good to receive a scholarship.Check your chances for free here !
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What can a scholarship amount to?
Generally, you can be offered a 100% scholarship from a coach. This means that both the tuition fees and the costs for board and lodging on campus are covered. We regard a scholarship to be adequate, if it covers at least 50% of all costs per year. Our service is constructed according to this view.
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Will there be any additional costs at the college?
In addition to the costs for board and lodging, which will be (partly) covered by the scholarship, you will of course be responsible for your own expenses such as pocket money, flights home, excursions, insurance, etc. The university will not give you money, it will merely reimburse you for expenses like tuition fees, board and lodging.
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For what duration can a scholarship be awarded?
Scholarships are generally awarded for one year, i.e. two semesters. It can then possibly be extended for another year. The maximum duration of studying with a scholarship is four years. However, the coach might not want to risk it and award you with a scholarship for one semester only at first.
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Can I loose my scholarship?
You will not immediately loose your scholarship because of a weak performance or injury - you might lessen it at the worst. However, you might be deprived of your scholarship if you cheat in exams, if your academic performance does not suffice any more for the course of your choice, if you play unfair in your sport, if you do not obey the campus regulations, etc.
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What does "NCAA Clearinghouse" mean?
The NCAA houses its own "Initial-Eligibility Clearinghouse", which is responsible for the awarding of eligibilities. In order to be allowed to play in the NCAA I or II you must have registered. The Clearinghouse decides based on your SAT/ACT results and academic performance whether you are eiligible or not. Currently the NCAA charges $27 for registration.
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What is the SAT?
The SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) is a combination of math and English tests, which is required for registering at the NCAA Clearinghouse. Further information can be found on our main page at college-contact.com.
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What is the TOEFL?
The TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) is an English language test, which is required for enrolment at an American university if your native language is not English. Further information can be found on our main page at college-contact.com.
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How can Sport-Scholarships.com be of assistance?
Each semester the coaches receive hundreds of dubious inquiries from private individuals. Only few of these applications are meangingful and reliable, so that one hardly has a chance to be heard. The basis of sport-scholarships.com is the personal contact we have with the coaches as well as the close cooperation with the universities as regards academics. The entire sport-scholarships.com team consists of people who are athletes themselves and keep in close contact with the both the German and the American athletic associations.
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Which universities does sport-scholarships.com keep in contact with?
Sport-Scholarships keeps in contact with all coaches of the American colleges and universities from East Coast to West Coast. Therefore, basically, a scholarship can be made possible anywhere in the US. This provides you with the incredible opportunity to find your subject in combination with your sport at an American university.
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What is the process like when making use of the scholarship service?
First of all you should test whether you fulfill the requirements for a sport scholarship by making use of our free estimation of your chances. If your chances are good, we will e-mail you a document explaining the detailed procedure together with the result of the estimate.
The prodedure - steps:
a) You assess the requirements for a scholarship.
b) Have your chances checked.
c) Fill in the form with all personal details, which will be published along with your profile.
d) Start preparing for SAT and TOEFL, register at the NCAA, have all transcripts and important documents translated and make authenticated copies, get a reference.
e) Shoot a video of yourself "in action" (roughly 10 minutes in length) with the following content: 1) personal presentation, 2) part of training session (underline strengths!), 3) part of a match, ideally with spectators in a real tournament
f) We will then construct a profile of you with your personal data, with digitalized pictures and videos.
g) We will negotiate concrete scholarship offers for the first year.
h) We will send you all contacts and information
i) You will decide in favour of one offer and therefore a university
j) We will assist you in applying for a course of study of your choice.
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How much does the service cost?
You need to distiguish between the costs for your studies and the costs for our service. The costs for your studies, incl. tuition fees, board and lodging amount to about $10,000 up to $20,000 per year. Only if we can secure a scholarship for you which covers at least 50% of all costs will we charge you for our service. We will then charge 15% of the amount of the scholaship for the first year or 20% of the scholarship for the first semester, if you at first receive a scholarship for one semester only. Scholarships for the follwoing three years are in your hands, and we will certainly not charge you for them.
If the scholarship amounts to less than 50% of all costs, our service is completely free of charge.
Examples:
1) University costs add up to $14,000 a year
a) scholarship covers 80%; your costs: university: $2,800 per year, 1x service charge: $1,680
b) scholarship covers 40%; your costs: university: $8,400 per year, no service charge
2) University costs add up to $18,000 a year
a) scholarship covers 80%; your costs: university: $3600 per year, 1x service charge: $2,160
b) scholarship covers 40%; your costs: university: $10,800 per year, no service charge
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