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No. Merit + outside will stack. Nobody reduces merit for outside scholarship. There would be a revolution. Start the boy a'writing.</p>
<p>That's what I would have thought, too, but take a look at this.</p>
<p>Outside Scholarships
All scholarships from agencies other than Centre must be reported to the Student Financial Planning Office. (Aid adjustments may have to be made.) Scholarships of $1000 or less normally require no change to the Centre grant. Scholarships of $1000 or more may reduce the Centre grant</p>
<p>I copied that from the following page: <a href="http://www.centre.edu/web/admission/financial/awardinf.htm#Outside%5B/url%5D">http://www.centre.edu/web/admission/financial/awardinf.htm#Outside</a></p>
<p>I certainly plan to ask that question again on Sunday at the reception.</p>
<p>Grant is a word of FA art meaning that portion of need based aid that is not self-help, provided usually by the school from their funds. Not scholarship. Grant. As in "Your FA package consists of a Centre grant (free money you don't pay back) of $16,000 plus a loan of $2625 plus $1800 work/study for a total FA package of $20,425". They don't jack with merit scholarships. They are NOT grants.</p>