College Selection Information and Links
Our goal at Burning River is to help 60+ players a year get in to college. To that end, we have compiled a list of links, pdfs, and videos that provide you with guidance and helpful information to help you achieve your goal of playing in college.
Burning River Documents
- Some points parents may want to discuss with their kids - Thoughts For A Discussion With Your Child
- HS academic plan format - HS Academic Plan
- Agenda Points for meeting with college officials - School agenda points
- Examples of financial appeal letters
- American Opportunity Tax Credit - American Opportunity Tax Credit ($2,000 to $2,500)
- How To Set Goals Manual - How To Set And Achieve Goals
- BR College Recruiting Manual - College Recruiting Seminar Booklet
- Burning River College Selection Timeline - 2020 Recruiting Timeline for Presentation
- One Players Story (Cameron Marous) - My College Selection Process - Cameron Marous
- Player Resume - Player Resume
- Player Website - Clarke Reboul
NCAA Information
- NCAA Guide For the College Bound Athlete (PDF) - A Guide For The College Bound Athletic PDF
- NCAA Eligibility Clearhouse - NCAA Eligibility Center Website
- NCAA Core Course by high school offerings - check which classes at your school count - NCAA Core Course Website
Academics / Finances/ Testing
- FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid ) gov form used to apply for financial aid for college - FAFSA website
- Need help with understanding the FAFSA Forms and website? Try this site (thanks for pointing it out Ada): FAFSA Made Simple: Your Comprehensive Fin Aid Guide
- ACT Test website and resources- ACT Website
- SAT Test website and resources - SAT Website
- AP Exam website and resources - AP Website
- Ohio CCP website and resources - Ohio CCP Website
- Sallie Mae website on paying - Sallie Mae Paying for College Resource
Search Engines / Scholarships / Stats
All BR players get SportsRecruits which has a search / find engine for colleges based on your criteria.
Additional search engines are listed below
- Big Future College Search
- College Data Search
- Princeton Review
- Petersons College Search
- My College Options
Scholarships
- College Scholarships
- https://www.scholarships.com
- Sallie Mae
- FinAid
- SmartScholar
- FastWeb
- US Department of Labor - scholarship search tool
- State of Ohio - scholarship tool
- Ohio Department of Education scholarships
Stats
Highlight Tapes
- If you need help creating a highlight tape watch this video on how to make a highlight tape
- If you want to view our alumni's highlight tapes to look for example they can be found here:
- BR Youtube Channel
- Good Examples
- Example 1 - Defense Example
- Example 2 - FOGO example
- Example 3 - Short Stick example
- Example 4 - Incoming Freshmen example
- BR Players - each of you gets unlimited highlight tapes from SportsRecruits for being a part of Burning River. Please log in to your SportsRecruits account for details
- What should you include in a highlight tape? Below is a list of the minimum that you should put on your tape.
- Your name, school, club, number and contact information - Right at the start, don't make coaches look for it.
- Your coaches name and contact information - Right at the start, don't make coaches look for it.
- Your stats and awards.
- 8-14 clips (2 to 3 minutes, showing you doing all the requirements of your position)
- e.g. Attack - riding, dodging to feed, dodging to score, finishing off ball.
- Do - get the tape reviewed, show your hustle and effort, show your athleticism.
- Don't - use profanity or music that uses it, show assumed skills (We all assume you can throw it in an empty cage), show that you have a low lax IQ
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