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Question about scholarships
Posted on 2/1/16 at 9:13 am
Posted on 2/1/16 at 9:13 am
If a kid from Florida signs on to play at Southern Cal, who pays for that kids airfare to and from California? Does he "pay his own way" every time he wants to go home? Is it included in his scholarship? Just curious thinking about all the recruits that end up playing so far from home.
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Posted on 2/1/16 at 9:16 am to OMapologist
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pay his own way" every time he wants to go home?
This. The scholarship is everything that can be directly attributed college.
Posted on 2/1/16 at 9:20 am to JamalSanders
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The NCAA’s answer is a little-known program called the Student Assistance Fund, that has quietly spent hundreds of millions of dollars — somehow in relative obscurity — over the past two decades.
All for things scholarships don’t cover: Trips home, summer school, graduate test fees, health insurance, utility bills, child care costs, medical expenses, dental work and clothing.
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SC’s disadvantage in scholarship/COA differential is entirely a result of the university’s coy own doing as they try to sell the school to applicants.
Per USC’s financial aid website, the $1,580 worth of previously uncovered costs are categorized by just $1,000 for “personal and miscellaneous” items, and $580 for transportation.
That’s what Nicole Ohlde used it for, to buy the dress she wore the night the Lynx picked her sixth overall in the WNBA draft.
not anymore... that's what the Cost of attendance stipend was approved for...to allow for ancillary expenses...movies, date night here or there, new clothes, flights home.... FA dept at each school calculates it based on the nearest airport and whatnot and then gives an estimated number to each Student-athlete.
If a parent dies or emergency, then the student assistance fund covers that cost...this is entirely different than the COA stipend...and the school covers that cost.
How do you think all these guys get these tailored suits for award shows? Home depot, heisman, ESPYs?
problem is when schools set their COA, it's for the entire student body. So you can fudge the numbers so your athletes get paid more monthly but u run the risk of making your institution less desirable to applicants who look at the high COA.
This post was edited on 2/1/16 at 9:30 am
Posted on 2/1/16 at 10:02 am to gatorguru
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problem is when schools set their COA, it's for the entire student body. So you can fudge the numbers so your athletes get paid more monthly but u run the risk of making your institution less desirable to applicants who look at the high COA.
Yup. It's quite a balancing act. Auburn had set theirs really low to trick general applicants into thinking COA was cheaper than it is, but then had to raise it 33% the next year to make it more attractive to athletes.
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