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The Making of a Student-Athlete Succeeding in the College Selection and Recruiting Process for High School Athletes, Parents and Coaches   The Making of a Student-Athlete: Succeeding in the College Selection and Recruiting Process for High School Athletes, Parents and Coaches - is the newest college recruiting guide from the founders of Varsityedge.com and Athletesadvisor.com respectively. If you are a parent, a student-athlete, coach, guidance counselor, or anyone involved in assisting high school athletes with the transition to college athletics, The Making of a Student-Athlete will assist in all facets of the college application and recruiting process. It is a must read for everyone! MORE INFO

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COLLEGE COACHES ONLINE Some parents and students have requested information from us as to where they could find contact information and lists of schools so we have been doing our own research to find a useful tool. College Coaches Online is an online and CD format tool that allows parents and students to search for different college athletic programs and schools using a variety of criteria such as division, location, academic criteria and much more. Results provide accurate contact info for college coaches as well as email and web links to coaches and athletic websites. Varsityedge.com visitors can receive a discount on either the online version or the CD. MORE INFORMATION

MAXIMIZE YOUR FINANCIAL AID AND SCHOLARSHIPS Families today need every advantage they can get when trying to pay for college. As a potential student-athlete, you have the advantage over other students who are not athletes, because you can tap into an additional source of aid which is athletic scholarship money. Unfortunately, athletic scholarships are few and far between and despite your skill or desire, there is a good chance you will have to fund the majority of your education. The good news is, in addition to being eligible for athletic scholarships,we've found an easy step-by-step guide to help you access the billions of dollars in financial aid, grants, and scholarships that are available to you from the Government and colleges. Read On

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How to Read (and React to) Your Financial Aid Receiving a letter with those words is the goal of every scholarship seeker. When you receive such a letter, you might think that all you have left to do is pack your bags and move into the dorm. But the truth is that, even after you receive a scholarship or financial aid award, you still have a few crucial finishing touches to complete. If you don’t, you may face delays in getting the money, or even worse, find that you have a shortfall in funds. MORE Go to the - Next Step Resource Center

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• Making recruiting video work - Recruiting video plays a role in recruiting but it needs to be done right. - Recruiting video (new)
• Making the Summer College Camp Circuit Work - College camps in the summer present a variety of recruiting opportunities. - Summer College Camps (new)
• Strange and Unusual Scholarships. Non-athletic scholarship money is often not considered by student-athletes because they are too busy trying to get an athletic scholarship. In reality, you may have a better chance at receiving a non-athletic scholarship or academic aid than you do an athletic scholarships. - Strange & Unusual Scholarships
• Choosing Schools By Division - The Wrong Way to Choose! - Many parents and high school athletes simply assume that if they cannot play Division 1, they can play Division 2, and if they cannot play Division 2, they can play Division 3. - Choosing schools by division
• Changes in the Recruiting Process and College Landscape - The NCAA has changed eligibility requirements from 13 to 14 core classes and dropped computer science as an acceptable core course. In 2008, it will jump to 16 core courses. Changes in the recruiting process
• Odds for an athletic scholarship don't depend on participation numbers. Many recruiting services pitch exposure as the ultimate recruiting tool and the number one reason that you won't be recruited if you don't have it! While exposure is important, it's exposure at the right level, as no amount of exposure will help you get recruited by a coach if you lack the skill to play for that coach and team. Odds for an athletic scholarship
• American Idol and College Recruiting - What does American Idol have to do with college recruiting? Well, nothing really! However, American Idol shows that despite “exposure” if you can’t sing worth a lick, you aren’t going to get selected to move on or be offered a record deal. American Idol & College Recruiting
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• Fall Recruiting Plans. Fall Recruiting Plans
• Spring Recruiting Plans. Spring Recruiting Plans

DID YOU KNOW?   The United States Coast Guard Academy, one of the 4 US Military Universities, typically ranks as the hardest school to gain admissions to in the country each year. Last year's acceptance rate was a paltry 7% out of almost 6,000 freshman applicants. MORE According to a new survey by Nellie Mae, the student loan company, college student borrowers now amass an average of $27,600 in educational debt, almost three and a half times what they compiled a decade ago in unadjusted dollars. MORE According to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Director of Communications, Casey Angle, 17% of the tennis players competing at NCAA schools in the 2002-2003 school year were international players with nearly a third of the players in Division One being foreign born. MORE

HS, COLLEGE & NCAA NEWS   The NCAA recently announced that any Division 1 football or basketball player wishing/needing to transfer to another D1 institution because hurricane Katrina destroyed your stadium and/or school will have to sit out the mandatory year. Rochester Institute of Technology is moving it's national known D3 men's hockey program to Division 1. All News

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