Good afternoon ,

Here's our newsletter for the week. As always, we try to offer you the most value possible while keeping things short & sweet. Feel free to skip ahead to whatever section you like.

News

🎥New YouTube Video! Click below to watch ⤵️

How Much a Family Advisor COSTS - Is it Worth it?

New videos every Sunday 9am EST.

Promotions

• ePrep, an online SAT/ACT study platform, is partnered with us. Use discount code 'AHA' at checkout to get 15% off.
• Twist Hockey, a company offering high-quality & affordable sticks, is also partnered with us. Use discount code 'AHA' at checkout to get 15% off.

Tip of the Week

"We're offering you a full scholarship." These are the words that every parent and player wants to hear. Unfortunately, full scholarships are quite rare (not saying they're impossible to obtain, but only a select few players get full athletic scholarships). With that being said, there are ways to obtain good financial packages at the NCAA DI & NCAA DIII level, even if a full athletic scholarship isn't offered.

Let's start with NCAA DI. Most NCAA DI programs have an equivalent of 18 full athletic scholarships they can offer. Typically, coaches divide these scholarships up in the following way: their top recruits get full scholarships, their higher-end recruits get 3/4 to 1/2 scholarships, their lower-end recruits get 1/4 scholarships, and walk-ons (people who tryout and make the team) get no scholarship money. Now does that mean you're doomed to pay ridiculously high tuition costs if you don't get a full scholarship? Not necessarily. There are 2 other main scholarship types that we can look at. First, academic scholarships. Generally, the better your grades, the more academic scholarship money you will receive. Therefore, many recruits who don't get a full athletic scholarship indirectly get one due to their good grades. Next, there are financial-aid scholarships. These scholarships are given to recruits who have parents that fall below a certain household income threshold. In the purpose of applying to post-secondary programs, it is to your advantage to be less financially privileged. This is especially true with IVY League schools, who solely offer financial-aid scholarships. Overall, even if you don't receive a full athletic scholarship, you can often reduce the final price to something very affordable if you get good grades, and practically to zero if good grades are combined with a household income that falls below a certain threshold.

Now let's move on to NCAA DIII. It's important to note that there are no athletic scholarships at the NCAA DIII level. However, similar to NCAA DI programs, NCAA DIII programs offer an extensive array of academic, financial-aid, & other scholarships. Although you won't be able to go to school for free at the NCAA DIII level, we know players that have paid very little (ie: ~8000$ USD/year) through a combination of various scholarships.

Remember this, by focusing on becoming a high value hockey player and obtaining good grades in high school, you put yourself in a great position to eventually play NCAA hockey and make the entire process affordable for your family.

Wrapping Up

We hope you got some value out of this newsletter! We send out a newsletter like this every Tuesday at 2pm EST so you know when to expect it. In the meantime, if you have any comments, questions, or suggestions, or if you just want to talk to us about something, definitely reach out to us at: [email protected]

As always, you can find more information about us on any of our

other platforms by clicking below ⤵️

See More

All that aside, that’s it! We’ll catch you on that next one.

Braeden