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Tagged with (, , , ) by Meredith on 15-05-2008

I guess grades don’t mean much for getting financial aid at Gallaudet. My first year, I got $2500 per semester. I brought no academic history with me, so that was presumably a need-based grant. I’ve been waiting for my financial aid papers to show up in the mail, but I thought I’d check the online system. Looks like I got the same as last year, $2500 per semester, even though I did so well academically last semester! This kind of sucks, in my opinion…I was hoping that working hard would be rewarded with scholarship money or something. I guess I should look into outside scholarships - not that I’m eligible for any, I suspect - but I think doing so would affect my grant. I don’t need to have grant money replaced by scholarship money, I need grant money in addition to scholarship money! Oh well, perhaps it’s not finalized yet. I can always keep my fingers crossed that when my report comes in the mail, it’ll have more attached.

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Patrick on 5 June, 2008 at 5:59 am #

That’s how it is with university-financed scholarships - you get the same amount for AT LEAST 2 semesters, irregardless of your good grades. So your plan to secure an outside scholarship on top of your current one is a good idea. Good luck on your hunt.


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