@chesterton I didn’t “go with my first instinct”. I indicated what my first instinct WAS, and asked for clarification. I did plenty of research BEFORE coming to this thread, but I figured I would get a second opinion because it sounded too good to be true. “Thankfully, that over-reliance on baseless gut instinct can be cured by an excellent college education”…What? Over-reliance indicates that I in some way actually relied on my gut instinct. “If you find the scholarship programs suspicious in some way, move on to another school.” I’m sorry, what…? The whole purpose of my starting this thread was to see if there was anything to actually be suspicious of.
If the information “posted clearly in black and white” on most college websites was enough to inform everybody about the ins and outs of college and its admissions process, why would a website like this even exist?
When I asked what the “catch” was, I wasn’t just asking if there are any hidden fees or stringent terms of keeping the money (which is also a valid question). I was also asking myself and the people on this thread why a school would even need to do something like that? What’s wrong with the school that it has to pay high achievers to come to it? But thankfully, I got my answers. I don’t understand why me asking a simple question about a scholarship I’m interested in had to incite so much nastiness.
Seems like you’re the one who relied on ‘baseless gut instinct’ when trying to analyze my thought process as I posted in this thread.