Only 2% of high school athletes get athletic scholarships. Parents and students should pursue federal grants, merit scholarships, and academic aid instead. The average grant is $5,000, and completing the FAFSA takes 30 to 60 minutes.
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Parents, don't miss opportunities to help fund college through grants or merit scholarships. The grant that we're talking about today on average is around $5,000, so super meaningful whether you're just a normal student applying to a college or you're an athlete. I know I have a lot of athletes and families that follow me here, and one trap that athletes fall into is they're just so focused on athletic scholarships. Only 2% of high school athletes get an athletic scholarship, so make sure that you're looking for other opportunities through grants, merit scholarships, and academic scholarships through your GPA. A in your test scores, that is big there, right? It's not— there's not a lot of athletic scholarships out there, right? So don't just rely on that going through. So today we're talking about FAFSA, Free Application for Federal Student Aid. Make sure that you apply to that, go through the application process. It's only 30 to 60 minutes, so take some time out on a weekend or at night to go through that and see if you qualify for about $5,000. Timing, you want to do that late junior year going into senior year. So if you're early freshman, sophomore, make sure that you're planning that out. And if you want to learn more about the recruiting process or learn how to possibly get more money to fund college, give me a follow. Good luck.
