college scholarships

College For Free

You can go to college for free. No, you do not have to play a sport. But you do need to score.

It’s really a simple equation: outscore 99% of the students in the nation in mathematics and reading and you will have full scholarship offers from many prestigious and competitive universities. Even outscoring 95% of the students in the nation is a pretty good lock on a high number of full scholarship offers, including agreements to fund your education straight through medical school.

The measures most widely utilized by universities to estimate relative national academic competitiveness are SAT and ACT scores. Whereas, the SAT and ACT may not be considered in many college admission decisions, such test scores are still the most convenient and widely utilized measures for awarding competitive academic scholarships.

But, do not think of the SAT or ACT as new subjects to learn. Many people essentially think this way. The tests would be of no good value if they were not reasonably good estimators of the quality of your overall academic preparation to date.

Therefore, if you want a full ride to college, then compete! Your goal: learn (do your homework) and make A’s. Compete in the classroom everyday, every year.

Of course, you could always try for a basketball scholarship. But, you should strive to be better than 99% of the other basketball players in the nation.

Baseball
UIL participants
41,726
National participants
478,029
Number of college scholarships
2,956.1
Pct. earning scholarships
.6%

Boys basketball
UIL participants
75,248
National participants
552,935
Number of college scholarships
4,046.7
Pct. earning scholarships
.7%

Girls basketball
UIL participants
71,218
National participants
449,450
Number of college scholarships
4,329
Pct. earning scholarships
.9%
Boys cross country/track and field
UIL participants
29,112
National participants
548,821
Number of college scholarships
2,481.7
Pct. earning scholarships
.5%
Girls cross country/track and field
UIL participants
29,096
National participants
447,520
Number of college scholarships
4,030
Pct. earning scholarships
.9%

Football
UIL participants
160,893
National participants
1,108,286
Number of college scholarships
15,997.2 
Pct. earning scholarships
1.4%

Boys Golf
UIL participants
12,386
National participants
159,958
Number of college scholarships
999.1
Pct. earning scholarships
.6%

Girls Golf
UIL participants
7,643
National participants
69,243
Number of college scholarships
1,076.4
Pct. earning scholarships
1.6%

Boys Soccer
UIL participants
27,439
National
participants
383,561
Number of college scholarships
1,683
Pct. earning scholarships
.4%

Girls Soccer
UIL participants
22,106
National participants
346,545
Number of college scholarships
3,591.9
Pct. earning scholarships
1%

Softball
UIL participants
31,077
National participants
371,293
Number of college scholarships
2,774.4
Pct. earning scholarships
.7%

Boys swimming and diving
UIL participants
6,805
National participants
111,896
College scholarships
891
Pct. earning scholarships
.8
Girls swimming and diving
UIL participants
6,679
National participants
147,197
Number of college scholarships
1,766.4
Pct. earning scholarships
1.2%

Boys tennis
UIL participants
19,217
National participants
156,285
Number of college scholarships
925.6
Pct. earning scholarships
.6%

Girls tennis
UIL participants
18,873
National participants
172,455
Number of college
scholarships
1,848
Pct. earning scholarships
1.1%

Volleyball
UIL participants
38,367
National participants
397,968
Number of college scholarships
3,318
Pct. earning scholarships
.8%

Boys wrestling
UIL participants
7,783
National participants
259,688
Number of college scholarships
696
Pct. earning scholarships
.3%


Academics or sports, either way you will need to be committed to being very good. So parents, there is no easy way! Play to your strengths.