| In the United States, the National Collegiate Athletic | | | | transfers, walk-ons, etc. |
| Association covers the spectrum of college level | | | | In equivalency sports such as baseball, there are a |
| sports and is the main athletic conference. The NCAA | | | | fixed number of schloarships that, again, cover |
| offers a number of scholarships to its athletes at the | | | | tuition, room and boarding fees. However, in |
| Division I and Division II levels. These scholarships | | | | equivalency sports, colleges can award these |
| usually cover the entire tuition fee, plus some extra | | | | scholarships howsoever they wish. They may choose |
| expenses. If you are a Division III athlete, you may | | | | to give you 25% scholarship, another player 50%, |
| not get a full scholarship, but will get some financial | | | | and a third player 100%. |
| aid in the form of grants. These grants are often | | | | For obvious reasons, there are more scholarships per |
| based on your performance and can cover more | | | | team in Division I than Division II. As a high school |
| than 50% of the tuition fees. | | | | athlete, you must make sure that you spread your |
| In the Division I and II, sports are classified into two | | | | efforts to get into a sports program across Division |
| categories: | | | | I, II, and III colleges. The competition in Division I |
| 1. Headcount Sports | | | | colleges is extremely difficult, and since most high |
| 2. Equivalency Sports | | | | school athletes focus all their attention on getting into |
| In headcount sports such as football, there are a | | | | a DI school, they miss out on getting even inot a DII |
| fixed number of scholarships that cover everything | | | | or DIII school where the may have been eligible to |
| from tuition to room and boarding fees. If, for | | | | receive 50% or more in scholarship. Thus, one piece |
| example, there are 100 scholarships in Division I | | | | of advice I can give you as an athlete is to cast your |
| football, then only 100 players can get that | | | | net far and wide when it comes to getting into a |
| scholarship. In most colleges, not all scholarships are | | | | college sports program. |
| given to the students; some are kept aside for any | | | | |