<p>I’ve already received $5500 in one-time scholarships, from National Merit and two local organizations, and I expect to receive more, though I’m not sure how much more. Stanford’s policy, as I understand it, is that any scholarships received above $5500, my total self-help, only decrease my Stanford scholarship–in other words, they don’t affect how much money my parents or I have to pay for my college.</p>
<p>I’d like spread out these one-time scholarships over my four years, so I don’t end up with an unused glut of money my first year and then no money for the remaining three years.</p>
<p>I’m not sure, however, if I should ask Stanford to spread out the money for me, if I should ask the scholarship organizations to delay sending Stanford the money for a year, or if I should do something else.</p>
<p>Does anyone have any advice or experiences to share? I’d really appreciate any input.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance,
-Justin
Stanford class of 2010</p>
<p>national merit requires that their scholarship is used for your first year… Im pretty sure that you have to report stanford your outside scholarships and then they get rid of loans in your package and if necessary lower your stanford scholarship. I dont think you can spread scholarships to different years unless they specifically say so… and even then it probably wont matter b/c it will still lower your stanford scholarship. So basically outside scholarships are useless when 100% of your need is already met with scholarships… im in your same position and im also trying to find a way to use an outside scholarship without lowering my school scholarship</p>
<p>Check with the organizations involved. My son had two small scholarships from a local Academic All Star competition, and they did not require them to be used for the freshman year. If you explain the problem, some may be willing to give you the money next year.</p>