Does WPI stack merit scholarships?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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Hi,

I was just accepted to the WPI class of 2022 with a 31K /year presidential scholarship. If I earn outside scholarships or a WPI FIRST scholarship do those funds stack on top of the 31K /year or do they replace them?

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They replace them!

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Actually i ran across the answer and it wasn’t straight forward. Basically they replace them but looked like there could be exceptions. Wording unclear.

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Some scholarships are stacked, i.e. the International Scholarship and the Presidential Scholarship. Alternatively, endowed need-based scholarships are often stacked on top of merit scholarships. But I’m not sure whether these specific scholarships can be stacked.

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I asked a student at WPI and she said they stacked. (But from the wording on their website its seems like they can choose not to stack if they want).

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As a “RoboMom” I’ll keep my fingers crossed that you you get the FIRST Robotics Scholarship and they stack.

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Thank you!

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The people at the Bursar’s office as well as the FA office are super nice and I’m sure if you call them (there should be a number on the website) they can help you figure this out. I think it depends on the combination and type of scholarship. For instance, I got several small local scholarships which were sent to the university and instead of adding them to my school account the Bursar’s Office just gave me a check, which I spent on books and such; so technically it was “stacking” scholarships but the additional money went toward supplies.

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My experience is that outside merit scholarships with institutional merit scholarships like the Presidential Scholarship. If your student was awarded need based scholarship money in addition to the institutional merit scholarship, the need based will be replaced by the outside merit.

My freshman daughter has a presidential scholarship and several outside merit scholarships but no need based scholarship money from the school. All have been applied toward her bills this year.

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So, if you received a Presidential Scholarship as a valedictorian while you applied, would you lose that scholarship if your rank fell slightly?