And fewer and fewer small dollar scholarships (sometimes referred to as “last dollar scholarships”) will cut a check to the student- even if they did in the past. No donor or foundation wants their money going to pay for the student’s mom’s boyfriend to spend a weekend in Atlantic City (yes, that’s a real thing). So when the policy is “we pay the scholarship directly to the student” it is often a euphemism for “the check goes to the university bursar with the student’s name and social security number on it”.
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