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Tennis – Sport Scholarships at US Universities
US College Tennis can be divided into two major categories: Varsity and Recreational. Varsity offers a more structured and competitive tennis schedule. You will work on your individual tennis skills as well as develop other necessary qualities, like perseverance, teamwork, sportsmanship and responsibility.
Our Sports Scholarships Programme involves a 12 day Trials Showcase in Florida each July. It focuses on students specialising in Golf , Football, Tennis and Basketball.
Participation in the international trials programme secures University scholarships based on a students performance over the 12 day event. College coaches and Sports admissions representatives from over 70 accredited American universities, from 27 different U.S. States attend the programme.
Benefits of the U.S
Many undergraduate UK tennis players move to the US, knowing that they can select their programme of study from a wide ranging choice of subjects. A major factor in choosing to attend a US College are the fantastic indoor and outdoor sporting facilities that are on offer to aspiring young players. The US has a school-based system, rather than club based as in the UK and Ireland. This means that you can play all levels of tennis in all the levels of education in the USA.
What is your level?
The required level of tennis is good to intermediate. For the NCAA divisions II and NAIA are a limited number of participants accept per country. All US Colleges have well respected and learned tennis coaches in charge of their individual programmes. These programmes are very much learner centred and the social, academic and sporting development of each individual is paramount. In terms of the tennis grade ranking required, to a certain extent it depends on age but generally a grade ranking of 6.1 would be a good target to aim for as a minimum. Grades 5 and 6 are county and club-level competitions and Grades 3 and 4 are regional and county competitions. Grades 1 and 2 are national level competitions.
The Showcase Trials
Participants reside in university campuses in dormitories equipped with a/c, 24-hour security, computer lab, library, swimming pool, and access to all other athletic and academic facilities. Additionally, participants have access to permanent medical attention; replicating the life-style that an international student would normally experience once at an American university.
They evaluate candidates' academic profile and sports ability via a series of Tennis competitions. They then recruit them to be enrolled to their universities by offering scholarships.
During the selection process, participants enjoy a face-to-face and open contact with coaches and representatives from different universities. In other words, there are no intermediaries in the coach-participant relationship since our Staff are there to assist its participants who are the final decision makers.
Beyond from the eventful schedule of practices and games, the Programme offers various cultural, social and educational activities in each region including cultural visits, university campus tours, presentations by the universities, participating in a college fair, college classes, recreational theme parks, musical performances, and attending professional sporting events.
Institutions: Participating universities are located in 27 states across the United States including California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Missouri, Tennessee, and Texas among others.
Services Included
• Personal interviews and student orientation.
• Coaching by renowned professionals in each area.
• Ground transportation in the USA.
• Health insurance for the duration of the Program in the USA.
• Accommodations and three meals per day at the host universities.
• Athletic uniforms for traveling and competitions.
• Medical review of student’s records.
• Recreational and cultural activities selected by IDEA.
• Participation in the athletic scholarships selection Program.
• Assistance and guidance through admissions
Dates & Locations
The programme takes place each July at a University campus in Florida. Participants are recruited to begin classes in both Autumn and Spring semesters. The offers are valid for up to 2 years from participation Travel arrangements must be made by participants to arrive and depart from the U.S. on these dates.
The Offer
Each participant receives a minimum of 9 Scholarship Offers as follows:
• 5 scholarship offers with a value equal to or more than 50% of the College cost per academic year, including housing, meals, and studies.
• 2 scholarship offers with a value equal to or less than US $10,000 per academic year including housing, meals, and studies.
• 2 scholarship offers with a value equal to or less than US $15,000 per academic year including housing, meals, and studies.
The total annual costs to attend our partner universities' annual without scholarships is between US$ 20,000 and $43,000.
Guarantee
It is a zero-risk programme: If you do not get 9 scholarship offers, you get your money back. Simple as that.
Application Process
The first stage is to apply to be accepted on the Programme. There is a refundable deposit of $220 to apply for eligibility. Once accepted we will ask for the balance to be paid and start work on securing you your scholarship offers. To apply to be accepted on the programme we would require that you complete the following forms - please ask us to send you them if you want to apply.
* Completed Programme Admission Form
* Signed Sports Scholarship Agreement - this is our declaration to guarantee we will provide a scholarship report form with the agreed number of scholarship offers.
* Sports Reference form
The total fees for attending the Showcase and gaining a Scholarship Report is $3750 (excluding air fares and spending money). We invoice you in sterling, with the final amount being based on the exchange rate on the day settlement is made.
Best time to apply
The tennis season starts always in the spring, so the best time to start your US degree is in August. This gives you a better chance to be part of the team during the whole training period. If you decide to start in the Spring semester (January), the chances of getting directly into the team would be more limited.
We recommend to apply for a tennis scholarship at 16, looking to attend the Showcase at 17, Year 12, so that you can start your degree course the following year. We would certainly recommend that you do not leave it for more than two years after leaving secondary school (there is a maximum age of 26).
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