Just need $750 more for free college!

Paying for College
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<p>I was accepted to Stanford and got a generous financial aid package from them. I only need to pay $6750 each year and I got a $5000 renewable scholarship and a $1000 renewable. If anyone knows of any small/easy $1000 or less scholarships that are renewable, would you please share? </p>

<p>THANK YOU!!!</p>

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<p>Unfortunately, the scholarships you have received will probably reduce the amount of aid Stanford is giving to you. So, instead of reducing the $6750 that you need to pay, it will reduce the grant/loan/work study money they are providing and you will still have to pay $6750… That is how need based aid works in comparison to merit aid from a university. Search this site or go through the Financial Aid threads. There have been other threads detailing this in the past.</p>

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<p>Already covered that. The 6750 is what I would need if I rejected the loans and work study etc. </p>

<p>Most of the scholarships here have already passed and they are typically for larger prizes, like $3000+; all I need is something small</p>

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<p>why don’t you get a job for pay for the rest</p>

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<p>^great idea… looks like all you need to do is save 3000$ and you are set</p>

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<p>Financial aid awards and tuition/living costs change each year.</p>

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<p>take the work study as some where in your college career you will be appplying for internships or even work after college. This is where having some sort of work experience (even work study) will greatly help you.</p>

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<p>keeps: Stanford reduces student portion and loans first, before grants. So students can offset their work study or grants if they find outside scholarships.</p>

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<p>once you cover loans and work-study, your grants will be reduced
you will have to pay your efc unless you cover all of your grants with outside scholarships also</p>

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<p>Again, eternity, Stanford has a different policy from some schools. They offset EFC, loans, workstudy, student portion <em>before</em> grants. They touch grants last.</p>

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<p>TrinSF, you are ABSOLUTELY incorrect and confused about the EFC. Eternity was correct: outside scholarship will reduce loans, work-study, and expected summer expectation. Unless every penny of the financial aid is MERIT based, Stanford will not let you reduce the EFC.</p>

<p>See: Why apply for Outside Scholarships?</p>

<p>As a financial aid applicant at Stanford, you are expected to apply for scholarships and grants from outside agencies. Outside scholarships provide an important benefit to students receiving need-based financial aid from Stanford. We will decrease the self-help portion of your need-based financial aid package (loans and work) dollar-for-dollar when you include outside scholarships in funding your education. Only at the point at which your outside scholarships eliminate all self-help aid will we begin to decrease your university scholarship funds. </p>

<p>Source: <a href=“http://www.stanford.edu/dept/finaid/current/2_4_outside.html[/url]”>http://www.stanford.edu/dept/finaid/current/2_4_outside.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>xiggi: My apologies. Thankfully, it’s not an issue for us!</p>