| There is a lot of bad information out there in | | | | regardless of grades, if you can play is over. The |
| regards to college athletic scholarship recruiting. It | | | | NCAA has tightened its restrictions and raised the |
| is hard to tell what advice will actually help you | | | | minimum test scores and grades. Individual schools |
| and which will hurt your athletic scholarship | | | | have also raised their minimums for athletes. While |
| chances. Here are 5 common myths we here | | | | it is true if you play sports you can get in with |
| every year and what the truth is behind them. | | | | lower G.P.A. and test scores than non-athletes, |
| 1. Can you play at the next level? | | | | there are only a few "reserved" or "provisional" |
| Sounds easy to you, right? Well it can be and we | | | | acceptance spots ear-marked for athletes. More |
| show you how but surprisingly there are really | | | | and more schools are eliminating these every |
| talented high school athletes that don't get the | | | | year as pressure builds from the non-athletic |
| opportunity to play in college. | | | | community. We take you through the critical |
| Making the step from high school to college | | | | steps on what to do year by year in your high |
| requires more than talent. Talent can get you far | | | | school academic career to pass the Clearinghouse |
| in high school without a lot of dedication and | | | | with ease. |
| determination. But in college, having talent is not | | | | 4. Student Athletes who only want to play at the |
| enough. | | | | Division I level. |
| 2. Pay to Play Recruiting Services will do it for me. | | | | There is so much focus on DI colleges and |
| This is a top misconception in college recruiting. | | | | universities. Many feel that it is a DI scholarship |
| These websites and services are everywhere. | | | | for them or nothing. |
| We know they sound great, just pay us every | | | | Limiting yourself to DI schools is a sure-fire way |
| month, put up a profile and college coaches will be | | | | to not playing in college. You can walk on in some |
| knocking down your door offering scholarships. | | | | DI programs but expect to pay full price. Often if |
| We wish it was that easy. Do you really think | | | | an athlete drops a level from what their ego tells |
| college coaches sit on the computer looking at | | | | them to play, it will open up scholarship money to |
| profile after profile? Have you ever looked at | | | | pay for school. And would you rather be on the |
| those online profiles? Every athlete looks the | | | | bench for 4 years or be a 3-4 year starter? |
| same, you can't tell the difference between one | | | | 5. You get a letter from a college coach- What |
| and the other. Recruiting is about separating | | | | does it really mean? |
| yourself from the masses. Become and individual | | | | Too many athletes think a letter is the true |
| that colleges need to recruit! | | | | beginning of a scholarship offer. It is really up to |
| Don't waste your money on these services. They | | | | you to get the scholarship you deserve! Colleges |
| send colleges hundreds of faxes a day. A coach | | | | have amasses databases from many different |
| doesn't have the time or the patience to call | | | | sources, high schools often give this information |
| these players back and search for a needle in a | | | | to college admissions officers who then forward |
| haystack. These sites do look great, no doubt | | | | this info to the athletic departments. Most athletic |
| about that, but we show you how to recruit | | | | offices have students working in work-study |
| yourself better, certainly cheaper, and faster! | | | | capacities whose job is to compile lists of |
| You can't depend on anyone else to recruit you | | | | thousands upon thousands of students. |
| except yourself! | | | | While it can be a good sign to get a letter from a |
| 3. You don't have the grades. | | | | coach. It is really only the beginning of building a |
| There are thousands of talented high school | | | | long recruiting relationship with this school. It is up |
| athletes every year whom would have been a | | | | to you what you do with this letter. Most athletes |
| scholarship athlete, but could not even pass the | | | | sit back and wait for the coach to start recruiting |
| NCAA Clearinghouse. | | | | you from this point, and for 99% it never |
| The old days of getting into any college, | | | | happens. |