re: How much is a full ride to Harvard worth?

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I seriously doubt he has a full academic scholarship to Harvard

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You may be right but what do you base that on?

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The Ivy League schools do not offer athletic scholarships.

As for the cost of attendance, it's $60,629/year for tuition plus room and board.

But, Harvard, Yale and others are getting much better at financial aid:

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students from families with incomes below $65,000, and with assets typical for that income level, will generally pay nothing toward the cost of attending Harvard College. Families with incomes between $65,000 and $150,000 will contribute from 0 to 10 percent of income, depending on individual circumstances.

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Source: Harvard at a Glance

Harvard and a lot of the Ivy League schools give a lot of financial assistance. I just plugged some numbers into their financial aid calculator. From La with a parental income of $60,000 or less, he would be on the hook for $4600 per year. This sliding scale goes up with increasing parental income. So if football gets him into Harvard, it won't be that hard to pay for it.

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Their endowment balance has taken quite a hit this month...things could change...

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There is considerable, and increasing, effort going into scholarship funding and easing the cost of attendance at Ivy League schools. It's a big priority, and it's not likely to be near the top of the list if funding is cut to some areas.

It depends on how he sees life after college football. Obviously being a good/great QB at an SEC school gives you a better shot at becoming an NFL QB. However, with Scott's measurables it's hard to see him being a NFL player.

On the other hand, Harvard may not open up doors to NFL on field greatness, but that degree opens up more doors in other professions than just about any school in the world.

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He would get an academic scholly only if he qualifies. No idea if that is the case or not. But no athletic scholly just an invitation to pay full tuition. It can help you gain entrance though.

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There would have to be some sort of exception for him as an athlete to get into Harvard with a 25 ACT score. I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that's the case. Minimum requirements to get into MIT are a 30 on the ACT. That's only since we're talking about him attending school there if he chooses that route. Would love to have him here. Either way, I'll wish a Louisiana boy the best.

A good article on Ivy League practices from 2011

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The Ivy League does not award athletic scholarships, but led by endowment-rich members like Harvard, Yale and Princeton, the conference has spent hundreds of millions of dollars in additional need-based aid — with most of the universities all but eliminating student loans and essentially doubling the size of grants meant for middle-income families.

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A recruited Ivy League athlete must have the academic credentials to survive the stringent and highly selective admissions process at each institution. Coaches have little sway in the admissions process, although they do provide a list of potential athletes to admissions officials. Across the league, about 13 percent of each university’s incoming class is composed of athletes chosen from coaches’ lists.

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At most Ivy League institutions, families earning less than about $65,000 annually are now asked to make no contribution to their children’s education. Families making $65,000 to $180,000 might be expected to pay 10 percent to 18 percent of their annual income on a sliding scale. Ten years ago, such families would have been expected to pay almost twice as much, and their child would probably have accumulated a debt of about $25,000 after four years.

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Hypothetically unless my son was a serious nfl prospect with a ton of arm talent I have to think I would strongly encourage him to go to Harvard .

Hell, I guess there are more former Harvard qbs starting in the nfl than lsu.

Here's the real question, why is everyone so worried about Scott's Harvard offer? He was committed to Syracuse almost all year even though he had that schollarship offer to Harvard on the table and he decommitted when a bigger football program offered him.

Is that what he has; a 25? If one scores under about a 33, it would be a real struggle to make the grades to be able to stay on scholarship and be able to suit up to play at Harvard.