好像是有这么一个说法,当学校给一个学生助学金financial aid/Grant的时候,如果学生同时收到了别的机构发的各种奖学金scholarship,这些外部的奖学金会被用来抵充学校给的钱,理由是学生的financial need减少了,结果学生争取来的奖学金等于是发给了学校,学生家庭出的钱还是一分不少?
比如MIT就这么说(仅仅是举个例子)
There are many private scholarships that you can apply for on your own. MIT considers outside scholarships as additional money that you have available to reduce or cover your student contribution. When we calculate your financial aid, we consider all the resources your family has available. Outside scholarships are considered available resources. Any outside scholarship will first be used to reduce your student contribution. If your outside scholarship is more than the $5,400 student contribution, the remainder will reduce your MIT scholarship. An outside scholarship cannot be used to replace the parent contribution.
看上去的意思说,如果拿了FA的mit学生再拿外面的奖学金,超过5400的部分就是给学校省钱了,等于是浪费了外面的奖学金。
所以拿了FA的是不是就不需要再到外面申请什么钱了?反正太多的也用不了?有经验的讲讲是不是这样的情况?如果是那种几万的奖学金,是不是必须是自己付全额学费的情况下才能享受到?