<p>"Here are some articles that may shed some light on the question -</p>
<p>I keep seeing this article posted as proof, but it is actually three years old and is based off a study that used data from the years 2003 - 2008.</p>
<p>Also the conclusion of the study is that in the years 2003 - 2008 whites were more likely to receive merit based and private scholarships than other racial minorities.</p>
<p>So I really don’t see how it is relevant now in 2014, especially since in 2010 major changes were made by Congress to how student financial aid is handled.</p>
<p>I don’t know the answer to the question whether race plays a part or not. We’ve seen some interesting indications of that on this forum this year, and my own family has seen major, unexplainable changes in financial aid over the past two years, but these are purely anecdotal. </p>
<p>My point is that this article being sited as “proof” is really nothing of the sort.</p>