How to Get an Athletic Scholarship

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Approximately 2,000 colleges award athletic scholarships each year. Here's what you can do to get one of them.

To complete this How-To you will need:

Athletic skill
Decent grades
An updated resume
And a take-charge attitude
A video highlighting your athletic skills

Step 1: Improve your grades

Improve your grades as much as possible. You can't play for a college if you can't meet its academic requirements.

Step 2: Create a resume

Include your junior varsity and varsity experience, extracurricular activities, your grades, the major you plan to choose in college, and any awards you've received.

Step 3: List your dream schools

Make a list of your dream schools and note the appropriate coach and his or her contact information.

Step 4: Compose a letter

Compose a master letter stating your interest in playing college athletics. Include your high school coach's contact information.

Step 5: Make a video

If you don't have one already, record and edit together a video showing you in action. Make copies to send out, and post it on a free video-sharing site to make sure it's widely available.

Tip: If you have any press clippings about your athletic achievements, be sure to include copies of them with your letters.

Step 6: Personalize each letter

Personalize each letter with a line or two about what you admire about that particular university and/or their athletic program. Send each coach on your list a package containing the letter, video, resume, and any press clippings via registered mail.

Tip: If money is no object, you can find companies online that will circulate your athletic resume for you and create a professional-quality video of your skills. Such services usually cost $1,000 and up.

Step 7: "Showcase" your talent

Attend as many "showcase tournaments" as you can—that is, special events where college coaches and scouts get to see prospective scholarship students play.

Tip: Gifted athletes who are able should consider transferring to a school that is known for its team, even if it means a long commute or a family move. Recruiters are more likely to attend games featuring a "star" team.

Step 8: Be persistent

Be persistent. If you don't hear back from any of the coaches, send them a follow-up. In the meantime, decide on a second tier of schools you're willing to consider and start the process again.

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[xXDaresaXx]

Me: *watching excited*

Video: You will need: Athletic Skill

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[testmaster34]

i would like to know excuse for getting out of class

[TheNahina]

1:50 OLDSPICE!

[giorgios007]

100 in gym is easy but to get a Scholarship it aint that easy like in the video

[naruto1444]

or you just suck at gym...you get like 100 from just doing the class lightly well

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wtf he got 100 in gym. he probably slept with the teacher!

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