A 100% athletic scholarship or "Full Ride" means that all tuition, accommodation and food are paid for. A partial athletic scholarship means that the student and their family will have to contribute some funding to cover the difference. This amount will vary depending on how prestigious the university is, for example a 90% athletic scholarship at UCLA would probably require the family to contribute more than if they accepted a 70% scholarship to a smaller, less prestigious university. 

Expenses that aren't covered by an athletic scholarship are:

- Flights to and from America

- International Medical Insurance- Approx $500 per year

- Books and study material- Varies from college to college but
allow a couple of hundred dollars (Books can be bought second hand to save money)

- Spending money whilst you're out there for entertainment. 

The percentage value of a scholarship awarded to a student is determined by the coach and is affected by the following factors:

- How good they feel the athlete is and how valuable they feel the athlete will be to their program

- How desperate they are at that particular time to fill a certain position

- How much of a risk an athlete is deemed to be when looking at talent, potential and injury history

- How much money the coach has left in the scholarship budget

The Athletes USA Exclusive Program

When an athlete gets in touch with us we will conduct a thorough consultation explaining absolutely everything, including full details of the Athletes USA Program. Normally we will then speak to the athlete's parents and answer all their questions to ensure everyone involved fully understands the whole process. It is in the athletes best interests to sign up to our program as early as possible to ensure we can complete a full search, arrange official recruitment visits and negotiate the highest possible athletic scholarship offers. College starts each August and ideally athletes should be signed up to the program 18 months prior, although in exceptional cases we will accept them as late as 7 months prior (January).

The Exclusive Program only takes on athletes that we can be sure can earn an athletic scholarship, if we are not sure you can earn a scholarship you wont be accepted to the program. 

Stage 1

• Playing and academic assessment (To see were you are at)
• Collect general information (school results and sports results)
• Registration to the Athletes USA Exclusive Program

Stage 2

• Create exclusive profile (Will include text, pictures and video)
• Consultation to establish sporting, academic and scholarship goals
• Building Sports CV- Playing history, stats, coach contact details etc
• Editing of Highlight Video from game footage
• Complete college search, we have links with over 3500 college coaches in
• America and we won't stop until we've found a university and scholarship you are happy with.
• Provide you with information to SAT exams and any other exams that are needed NCAA Clearing house advice

Stage 3

• Contact USA college coaches in order to gain your sports scholarship; If we don't get you a scholarship you will be refunded
• Send you information on potential USA sports scholarship Universities
• Decision making advice - We will help to provide all information that you require
• Assistance with applications for USA colleges
• US embassy assistance (Student Visa)
• Assistance with flights and Health insurance - Athletes USA has partnered to some of the big airline names and health insurances, so we are able to give you better deals than if you were to do it yourself
• Athlete begins US University career
•  Free vouches and information from our partners such as, Stuart Morgan, Maximuscle, Karl Morris, Nike and many more.

If you are excepted to the program you will receive your very own Athletes USA personal sports consultant. This makes it easier for you to pass on information to us and allows for our team member to get to know you. Your personal representative will be able to communicate with college coaches in order to ensure you gain a sports scholarship to America.

Think you got what it takes? Then apply now its free, have one of our team discuss your sports scholarship opportunity.  Start now