General Scholarships?

Consolation
Wed, 12 Sep 2012 13:59:01 +0000

Dartmouth’s aid is strictly need-based. There are scholarships given with particular restrictions, such as “an outstanding student in major X,” but they are given out by the FA office, to my knowledge, and are part of the FA package. I doubt that they have trouble finding people with need who meet the criteria. :)

You can use outside scholarships, but I would think that they are probably deducted from your FA in one way or another, since there is always more need out there than schools can comfortably meet. The question about outside scholarships is whether they can be used to meet the expected student or family contribution. I really don’t know. I’d bet the FA website would tell you.