<p>mom2collegekids— We posted at the same time. I was also mistaken, as the award letter wasn’t clear. I posted an update, which is what I took away from a conversation I just had with the admissions office. </p>
<p>arabrab – I was confused as to why they were keeping it because they didn’t make it clear that the $3,000 was a part of my out of pocket expenses (see post #13).
I know why they would be keeping it otherwise, I expressed that in my OP and post #10.</p>
<p>EDIT: arabrab – if i had earned a 55K schoalrship, my family would not be on the hook for anything, since the scholarship would cover/exceed the direct billed expenses (tuition, fees, room, board). Harvard would send me a refund for the excess.</p>