<p>SimpleLife…D’s department gave out an actual award for “Outstanding Freshman” in her major which included a reference book and a $25 cash prize and she was honored to receive it. She did exceed the cost of attendance this year with the new departmental scholarship. I thought she would have to give some back, but it turned out that the wording of the last award let her keep all of it. These departmental specific awards are re-evaluated each year and do not automatically renew. I do not know exactly what it takes to keep getting them, but having a 4.0 is always a good start :). She is not in engineering so I have no experience with that.</p>