<p>“many lives have been saved due to Microsoft, when Apple or Sun would have provided just as good computers as well”</p>
<p>Too bad the OP didn’t get a scholarship funded by a virtuous company like Apple. It’s not like Apple’s objective for short term profits drove multiple workers in sweatshops in China to commit suicide.</p>
<p>The point is: if you look hard enough at any company, you are bound to find something objectionable. Accept the Dupont aid graciously.</p>
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<p>Ummm I can’t possibly pay for 33k / year. If I worked full time minimum wage, I could only make 14k.</p>
<p>^ Then option #1 it is!</p>
<p>** Edit to add** Surely as a biochemistry senior at a good school you are able to secure better than a minimum wage job. Tutoring alone pays far better than minimum wage. It certainly can be done.</p>
<p>“I wonder if you should expect research labs to purchase their chemicals and amino acid reagents from the Chinese chemical industry simply because they are 3x cheaper.”</p>
<p>Evita, there is a reason why researchers are forced to buy “reagents from China”, and in many cases it is not the price - a simple search in ACD will quickly reveal that many, many reagents are only available from *a single *source.</p>
<p>As many pointed out, either take that money and use it to secure a college degree to work on the development of new and efficient processes, catalysts and waste recycling systems, or refuse it, get a loan, a job or a combination thereof to fund your education. Just stop whining.</p>
<p>Are you an international student? (“labour”…)</p>
<p>(FYI: not every process that seems “green” on the surface and works like a charm in the lab can be safely performed on an industrial scale.)</p>
<p>Oh Good Grief. For the last time, DON’T TAKE THE MONEY!!! Allow the school to give it to someone who will put it to good use. If it’s going to eat at you the whole time while you’re living and learning off of the generosity of Mr. or Ms. Dupont, nothing good will come of it.</p>
<p>I don’t believe for a minute that the OP has any intention of turning down the money. But maybe whining about its source will somehow make her feel… what… morally superior? I honestly don’t know. Enough with the lectures about the cost of production of materials. It is irrelevant to your situation. Do not bite the hand that feeds you. Either take the funding and write a friggin thank you note to the DuPont Foundation or write a polite letter declining the money to your FA office and take out a loan. Enough already.</p>
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<p>This could easily be resolved by going part time and taking a couple more years to finish your schooling. Or you could join the thousands of academically talented kids who attend a state school for financial reasons.</p>
<p>I prefer you decline the generous gift.</p>
<p>Agree. Lots of kids work, take out loans, spend time in community college if they have to, take longer to graduate,etc. to fund their education. As jym said, the OP seems to have no intention of turning down the money.</p>
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<p>Wow, I expected better from the parents forum.</p>
<p>warbrain, I did not make that statement that you have highlighted but I think one of the reasons this thread keeps going on (and frustration has built) is because of the OP’s tone that has persisted since her first post. Sense of entitlement, no sense of gratitude at all. She has been repeatedly asked why she does not just ask financial services about this or just turn down the money but just doesn’t really answer-just deflects to the green chemistry agenda or claims does not have time to deal with financial services about it or can’t pay the tuition herself if she feels that strongly (she has a whole other thread about this started on the UVa Forum),etc. I had a grant for graduate school and can’t even imagine not prefacing this kind of inquiry the OP has with at least some form of gratitude to the school or benefactor (even if there was some question involved in where the money had come from). The whole thing is puzzling and I can’t help but wonder how she qualified for all this aid to begin with, when she seems to not really appreciate it. I’m sorry, but that is human nature.</p>
<p>Also,My kids had to write thank you notes for even small scholarships they got for college while in high school (like $100 or $300). Every little bit was appreciated . The OP is probably a male(despite the screen name). I don’t think we’ll ever get the full story with any of this but the OP has certainly kept lots of us guessing what gives with this.</p>
<p>Would you rather them give the money to someone who would work against a green agenda?</p>
<p>Let’s put this issue to bed. Around the time of WWI, Alfred DuPont was KICKED out of the DuPont corporation in a power struggle with his relatives. Alfred had been known as a friend of the working man in the DuPont Co. and was always willing to get his hands dirty. </p>
<p>Jessie Ball DuPont married Alfred. They invested heavily in real estate and banking in Florida and became very very rich. Most of their money did not come from the DuPont Co. After the death of her husband, Jessie became a major donor, including providing need based scholarships for hundreds of colleges, including UVa., which provided evita’s scholarship. The couple also funded two major children’s hospitals, in Wilmington and Florida.</p>
<p>[Jessie</a> Ball duPont - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessie_Ball_duPont]Jessie”>Jessie Ball duPont - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>I believe the correct response is to provide a thank you letter to the Jessie Ball DuPont foundation in Florida.</p>
<p>Last year, I visited their grand estate near Wilmington, named Nemours. I highly recommend it, particularly if you love classical art and landscape architecture. The Foundation apparently only lets about 30 people onto the property per day, so you need reservations far in advance.</p>
<p>Warbrain…I did make that comment, and I completely stand by my remark. UVA does not give merit scholarships. Jefferson Scholarships (VERY few) are funded by the alumni group not the school, and they are they only merit-based awards available. People who are given financial aid are NOT given it based upon performance but rather their family’s ability to pay. My connotation of the word “deserve” is apparently different than yours. If you are given financial aid, it is a gift that is not in any way tied to performance whereas if you’re given a merit scholarship, it’s because someone felt your hard work and achievement made you deserving of monetary recognition.</p>
<p>charlieschm,Thanks for the link about Jessie Ball duPont. That may very well be the source of the funds. Another possibility is the Philip Francis duPont Trust for the University of Virginia. A 3rd (probably least likely) potential source is the company itelf. All of these possibilities have been brought up before but the OP has not yet gotten in touch with Student Financial Services to find out where the funding is coming from.The OP should clarify the exact source if he/she wants to send a thank you letter.</p>
<p>Based on the amount of attention this thread has received, I think it is worth copying the following post that the OP posted early this morning in the similar thread in the UVa forum. It was in direct response to a post by charliechm (identical to that in post #113 above):</p>
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<p>And Dean J posted just above that
Maybe there is now increased motivation to straighten up and fly right, if you know what I mean.</p>
<p>Don’t cry for me Colgate Darden.</p>
<p>mokusatsu,I have a feeling Colgate Darden, Jr. Constance duPont Darden and their son Colgate Darden lll have all been turning over in their graves.Maybe even Jessie Ball duPont and Philip Francis duPont. Hopefully, evitaperon is on the right track to help them rest in peace!</p>