<p>It was NOT a merit based scholarship (ivy league schools don't give merit based scholarship).</p>
<p>I didn't say it was a merit scholarship. If you've done anymore research, you would've found out that it was honors program of sorts with a loan-replacement stipend. </p>
<p>In the end, Cornell and Dartmouth gave the same amount of grants, but $4000 of Cornell's grants had the requirements I mentioned before. At Dartmouth I can choose not to work for a term to concentrate on studies without having my financial aid decreased.</p>
<p>Except you were offered the $4000 as an honor, not because they wanted to screw you up and make up a financial package too complex for ivy students. If Dartmouth offered more money, say so, but you're claiming that Cornell's attempts to honor your achievements with a unique program participation actually makes it worse.</p>
<p>I submitted the same CSS and FAFSA to Cornell and Dartmouth, and both used the same EFC to calculate their packages for me. </p>
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<p>Yes, then Dartmouth offered me more money. </p>
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<p>Even with the Cornell Tradition program, Cornell's package had more loans than Dartmouth's package. If you what you say is true, then assuming I turned down the "Cornell Tradition", I would have had an additional $4000 in loans. If that were the case, then Cornell's package (without my participation in the program) would have asked me to take about $8000 in loans compared to Dartmouth's $3500. </p>
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<p>That scares me.
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<p>You ended an earlier post with,</p>
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Are you freakin' serious?
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<p>If you're going to ask rude questions, expect an answer.</p>