I am a junior in college and was recently notified that a scholarship of mine, that I have received annual payments from over the last 3 years will be terminated because I did not meet the study abroad requirement. I was not aware of the requirement because it was never specifically stated in the scholarship details.
2007-04-04 10:44:29 · 6 answers · asked by jkomp 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Financial Aid
Run, do not walk, to the office that handles the scholarship and see if you can salvage it with a summer abroad this summer. If you let it go without a fight for it, then you've gotten what you deserve for not being fully aware of what the requirements for continuation were. I find it hard to swallow that this study abroad requirement was not somewhere in print in the scholarship information. It is up to the recipient to live up to all the requirements and to know what they are. If you don't meet the requirements, yes, you lose the money. I've seen scholarships lost due to the recipient failing to send a thank you letter to the donor, which was spelled out in the award letter but which the recipient overlooked. You have no legal right to the scholarship if you failed to meet the requirements. The devil is in the details, dear student.
2007-04-04 12:10:58 · answer #1 · answered by mickiinpodunk 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
usually scholarships do not automatically renew. You have to reapply and meet the requirements each year. Even before receiving the money, you can look at the requirements of the scholarship before applying. Every scholarship that I have applied for, has listed their requirements to receive the scholarship, whether the scholarship is renewable, and what the requirements are to KEEP the scholarship if it IS renewable. The funding organization giving you the scholarship does not HAVE to give you their money. Therefore, you have no real "rights" as you claim. The choice is ultimately up to the people providing the scholarship.
2007-04-04 10:55:34 · answer #2 · answered by I_color_outside_the_lines 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
in an attempt to contain some, others should be excluded. regrettably (sarcasm), human beings can elect and decide who they prefer to provide their money to. No, it really is not honest, yet fact. i became on a interior reach board to provide scholarships to scholars. It became depending at predominately BLACk intense faculties, yet that did not influence who recieved the award. we've given various scholarships to scholars of alternative races, in spite of it being from a BLACK worker community. Race became no longer a aspect with us. someone suggested that whites have grow to be a minority in usa. (this may properly be the top results of white households having fewer toddlers and Latino immigrants having more advantageous households.) The numbers of faculty graduates do no longer reflect an major drop in caucasian college graduates or tremendous improve in Latino and black scholars. Asians, have higher appreciably in this regard, it extremely is amazingly commendable.
2016-12-03 07:07:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You not being aware of requirements doesn't mean that they don't exsist.
Hard lesson learned...Suck it up and know ALL details with ANY business deal and stay up on them. It's their money and they can do as they see fit.
It's YOUR responsibility. NOT theirs. Stop blaming others for your oversight. That's so 'American' to consider legal actions for your screw up...
2007-04-04 11:07:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would think, if they are giving it to you, then they have the right to set the requirements and you have no legal rights to it.
2007-04-04 10:56:54 · answer #5 · answered by gentleretiredworshipper 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nobody has to give you free money.
2007-04-04 10:51:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋