Daughter affected by "prestige" bug... any advice?

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Yeah, but I tend to think of that as more like something you earned, since it’s based on some performance criteria, rather than as some kind of “handout”. </p>

<p>Ek, it seems that you meant that you didn’t realize you might get additional funding from the school, rather than that you feel getting need-based aid is somehow wrong?</p>