Financial Support
Institutional financial aid is administered by each member institution and begins with "the cost of attendance (which is) an amount calculated by an institutional financial aid office, using federal regulations, that includes (NCAA, p. 176):

Once a Letter of Intent is signed, no other NJCAA colleges may contact the athlete or make any scholarship offers. As a prospective student athlete, you may sign a Letter of Intent with a NJCAA and NCAA institution, but you may not sign multiple NJCAA letters of intent.  

Very few students can even consider a college education without at least applying for one student loan, and in many cases one loan alone is not enough to cover all the costs of attending college. When applying for loans, it’s important to know about the different types and opportunities that are out there. 

Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is used to apply for federal student aid includin, grants, work-study and student loans.

How do I apply for the FAFSA?
You can file electronically or by mail.

Junior colleges are a two-year post-secondary school that provide academic, vocational and professional education. The highest degree offered by Junior Colleges is an associate's degree, although it's common for many junior college students to continue their education at a four year university or college. The term Junior Colleges is used interchangeably with Community Colleges.

With the rising cost of a college education and limited athletic scholarhips, it's essential that paretns and student athletes places themselves in the best position to secure any type of scholarship or college funding.

A recruitment interview is not just about athletic performance. Chances are, if you are being approached by recruiters then they have already seen you play.  The purpose of an interview is to give the coach or recruiter a feel for your character and establish compatibility with the coach's system.

Athletes perform better when they dedicate their time to practice and preparation. The same is true for schoolwork. 

Getting good grades is just as important, if not more, as doing well in games or practice. Concentrating on schoolwork can be difficult; it can be easy to let your grades slip when the stresses of the season and the semester start to pile up. The best way to ditch bad study habits is to replace them with good ones.

College visits are a crucial element of recruitment and might ultimately be the deciding factor when choosing a school. Some athletes are almost ready to commit by the time they visit a school, while others are still trying to narrow down choices or just grab the attention of a coach.

As colleges and universities raise tuition levels, more and more students are in need of scholarships and other financial aid to afford higher education.

Today, there are more opportunities for scholarships than ever, but there is also a higher level of need.  This means there is more competition and the standards are higher.