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Originally Posted by Senusret I
First and foremost, I don't agree with any scholarships that aren't based in financial need FIRST.
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I disagree with any scholarships that are based on something other than scholastic achievement first. While it is important to help those who cannot afford it to get through school, is it not necessary to support those individuals who are high achievers not matter what their background?
Take the National Merit Scholarship. You have to score in the top 1 percent of high school seniors in your state to get the scholarship. And yet the scholarship amounts given for two of the main public institutions in Georgia are $500 and $750 a year. On the scale of total tuition and housing costs, that is NOTHING. That is books for the year, maybe not even the entire cost of them. So students who have demonstrated potential for achievement, even though they may be able to afford the cost, get rewarded very little for it.
I'm not saying that need-based scholarships aren't important or necessary, but there are very few scholarships for those who JUST earn it and don't necessarily REQUIRE it to get through school. That's doesn't seem right to me.