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OT: Princeton gets a 4 Star QB commit

Good for him!!! Smart...free IVY League education, and success after college athletics!
 
I don't think it's a free education... but outside of that, everything else is true. A guy I graduated high school with went the Princeton football route- wonder what happened to him.
 
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Don't be fooled as the Ivy's may not give out athletic scholarships, but their "aid" packages, for athletes, make it very affordable.
 
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Well he didn't get an offer from Harvard, so who cares?
 
Don't be fooled as the Ivy's may not give out athletic scholarships, but their "aid" packages, for athletes, make it very affordable.
makes it free and then some.

I know some people whose friends went there for sports, tuition was paid in full, plus, fees and books, room and board and an extra $10,000 in aid on top of all that. It all depends on what you quality for.
 
Good for him!!! Smart...free IVY League education, and success after college athletics!

Not free but sliding scale tuition based on family finances with no loans necessary for the difference. You also get money off of our tuition for each semester you play a sport.
 
Don't be fooled as the Ivy's may not give out athletic scholarships, but their "aid" packages, for athletes, make it very affordable.

It's not just athletes, although I'm sure being a recruited athlete doesn't hurt. Don't know what is family's situation is, but even non-athletes from families earning circa 100k will get partial aid. And if they're under 60k it's likely a full ride.
 
makes it free and then some.

I know some people whose friends went there for sports, tuition was paid in full, plus, fees and books, room and board and an extra $10,000 in aid on top of all that. It all depends on what you quality for.
Don't forget the "insert your town name" and your "insert your eye color" academic scholarship that athletes qualify
 
A friend of mine and Abro played fullback at Princeton for 4 years. Didn't cost his family 10 cents. Everything paid for and Doug also got a brand new Ford Mustang convertible.

He signed as a FA with the Falcons and then tried out with the Philadelphia Bell of the old World Football League. (He was actually a better baseball player)
 
Maybe the next Ryan Fitzpatrick or Marty Domres or Sid Luckman. BTW, one of the NFL's all-time great players, Chuck Bednarik, played at Penn.
 
He was on Dan Patrick radio today. Sounds like a smart, great kid. Funny too. Wish him the best.
Usually take in the Penn/Princeton game if RU is on the road. So Ill see him at some point.
His brother is a QB for Arizona State.
 
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Maybe the next Ryan Fitzpatrick or Marty Domres or Sid Luckman. BTW, one of the NFL's all-time great players, Chuck Bednarik, played at Penn.
The next Ryan Fitzpatrick? The Notorious INT doesn't belong in the same sentence as Sid Luckman.
 
Maybe someone will get him to wear Rutgers gear when he meets his profs at the Princeton library

you idiot...you don't wear RU gear when on the Princeton campus. You purposely do not wear RU gear, so as to remain anonymous.

You'll never get hired as Head Coach for our football team with this attitude!
 
Don't forget the "insert your town name" and your "insert your eye color" academic scholarship that athletes qualify

ha!

Not everyone gets what i mention above, since if you come from a well to do family (upper middle class and above), you would get a lot less.

It is not like the Big Ten where everyone gets the same package besides walk-ons no matter how much the parents make.
 
They have money, just need to make a case you need it, and a 4 star qb from California not attending Stanford is a good case



School name (state)
End of fiscal year 2015 endowment U.S. News rank and category
Harvard University (MA) $37,615,545,000 2, National Universities
Yale University (CT) $25,542,983,000 3 (tie), National Universities
Princeton University (NJ) $22,291,270,000 1, National Universities


Wait. That's those endowments are in the billions?? With a B??? How is that even possible?
 
Wait. That's those endowments are in the billions?? With a B??? How is that even possible?

Very successful alumni donate a ton of money every year. Princeton carefully selects students that have the potential to make a lot of money in their lives and practically gives away their degrees for free. The idea is that they will be so grateful that they will be willing to give a ton back. As a private school that can do this.

Unlike public schools, where they must take kids that won't do much with their degrees and many graduate with so many student loans that they don't have any extra money left to give. Rutgers is trying to use the Princeton/Ivy model with their Honors College. Many state schools also have similar set-ups.
 
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Wait. That's those endowments are in the billions?? With a B??? How is that even possible?

Yes. Schools like Amherst, Williams and Pomona graduate 500-600 (yes hundred) students per year and they have endowments over or around $2billion. Pretty embarrassing where we are at $1 billion with graduating classes of 13,000.

People here want to complain about the big fish. Its not just the big fish. If schools with 1/30 (yes 30th) of RU graduating classes can double RU's endowment. Its the experience they are getting from RU.
 
He was on Dan Patrick radio today. Sounds like a smart, great kid. Funny too. Wish him the best.
Usually take in the Penn/Princeton game if RU is on the road. So Ill see him at some point.
His brother is a QB for Arizona State.
Looks like the parents are going to need a plane for a few years. Probably will do well at PU. Crazy list of schools too. Wonder if Boise St. had a chance ?
 
Yes. Schools like Amherst, Williams and Pomona graduate 500-600 (yes hundred) students per year and they have endowments over or around $2billion. Pretty embarrassing where we are at $1 billion with graduating classes of 13,000.

People here want to complain about the big fish. Its not just the big fish. If schools with 1/30 (yes 30th) of RU graduating classes can double RU's endowment. Its the experience they are getting from RU.


Just remember that those 3 schools, and Pomona in particular, had sophisticated development offices running at full speed 60 years ago. Those schools get donations, both large and small, from 30-40% of their alumni every year (which is actually down from 50 years ago) RU is paying the price for being an amateur until very recently. Hopefully that's been remedied.
 
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ha!

Not everyone gets what i mention above, since if you come from a well to do family (upper middle class and above), you would get a lot less.

It is not like the Big Ten where everyone gets the same package besides walk-ons no matter how much the parents make.
The biggest mistake most parents make when trying to get a kid athletic scholarship money is hiring a personal strength trainer over a personal academic tutor. People simply don't realize how much aid is available to good athlete with good greats. It is not limited to the ivy leagues either. Unless you are a D1 athlete in football, basketball or women's tennis, volleyball, and gymnastics your grades are going to get you more money then athletics. For example an All State football player with a 2.5 GPA likely going to get a smaller aid package then an All Conference player with a 3.5 GPA.
 
Just remember that those 3 schools, and Pomona in particular, had sophisticated development offices running at full speed 60 years ago. Those schools get donations, both large and small, from 30-40% of their alumni every year (which is actually down from 50 years ago) RU is paying the price for being an amateur until very recently. Hopefully that's been remedied.

Yes thats a good point. I was curious so I looked it up. Williams has over 55%, Amherst close to 50% and Princeton was actually number 1 on the list over 60% of alumni donate over a 2 year period... https://www.usnews.com/education/be.../10-universities-where-the-most-alumni-donate
 
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Yes. Schools like Amherst, Williams and Pomona graduate 500-600 (yes hundred) students per year and they have endowments over or around $2billion. Pretty embarrassing where we are at $1 billion with graduating classes of 13,000.

People here want to complain about the big fish. Its not just the big fish. If schools with 1/30 (yes 30th) of RU graduating classes can double RU's endowment. Its the experience they are getting from RU.
Right. It's not about sheer numbers. Hell, Andover and Exeter have endowments well over a billion dollars. Lawrenceville is sitting on at least half a billion. Old school + old money = big endowment.
 
Maybe the next Ryan Fitzpatrick or Marty Domres or Sid Luckman. BTW, one of the NFL's all-time great players, Chuck Bednarik, played at Penn.
IMO,Luckman was the best of them all. Saw him throw for 7 TD's, in 1943, against the Giants at the Polo Grounds.
 
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