are there any schools that PAY YOU to attend? (not merit)

College Search & Selection
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<p>are there? not only merit aid/full ride fin aid, but schools (like vandy and UVA, NYU, whatnot) that like recruiting the top students (away from the ivys)...paying them extra? say, like $xxxx per semester, or as a "sign on" or w/e? who do it openly or under the table? and not to athletes, but students.. like, really great reasons not to go to an ivy. either, like, amazing suites, extra services, cash, etc.. any ideas? (i have heard of this before)</p>

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<p>Not in the US. My cousin in the UK gets a $1500 pound stipend to attend her university because she could've taken a place at Oxford instead. </p>

<p>I don't think it's legal in the US to do that....</p>

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<p>Free food and housing seems like "paying" you.</p>

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<p>That's what happened to my mom, actually.</p>

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<p>ses: why wouldn't it be legal?</p>

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<p>Same reason football players cant be paid. Even though everything they get is payment enough.</p>

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<p>I heard one of the Alaskas...fairbanks maybe? pays the students to go there.</p>

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<p>i think cuny honors give you a laptop.</p>

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<p>It wouldn't be legal because what blairt suggests is tantamount to bribery (giving money under the table). Full room and board plus goodies like laptops is fine.</p>

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<p>Some less selective colleges include a stipend as part of the scholarship package, but you won't find this at schools like Vanderbilt. It is possible to get a stipend through programs like ROTC, however.</p>

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<p>My sister working on her Ph.D at U of Mich. gets paid to go there.</p>

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<p>Service academies pay the cadets and middies a small salary as well as providing their tuition, books, food, uniforms, and housing.</p>

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<p>It's very common at many schools for Ph.D. students to get a modest stipend, usually a teaching assistantship or a research assistantship.</p>

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My sister working on her Ph.D at U of Mich. gets paid to go there.

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Graduate finances are entirely different. Fellowships usually include tuition and fees, a stipend (~$18-25k), and sometimes perks like health insurance.</p>

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<p>West Point, I think. ($1500???)</p>

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<p>tuition+books+fees+room+board is an incredible offering. consider that you would actually be spending considerably less money than if you just lived at home, because meals are paid for.</p>

<p>Besides, there are opportunites to make money academically. This summer I'm doing an undergrad research internship with paid stipend, for example. But that's somewhat different:
1. It's an actual job (though related to school)
2. Such things tend to be very competitive, with high GPA and jr/sr status needed. The only part of it that can "recruit" is the possibility of getting one later</p>

<p>I do believe my school does offer merit research jobs to prospective freshmen that pay some 5-10 hours a week or such to do some interesting work. But it's not so much to be considered a stipend as such, though.</p>