Financial Aid and outside scholarships

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<p>I received a substantial outside scholarship. How generous is Dartmouth in taking outside scholarships into account when it comes to financial aid? Is Dartmouth one of those schools that will take however much the outside scholarship is worth and detract that much from your finaid award?</p>

<p>Because if so.... =(</p>

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<p>From Dartmouth's financial aid handbook</p>

<p><a href="http://www.dartmouth.edu/apply/pdfs/0607_Financial_Aid_Handbook.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.dartmouth.edu/apply/pdfs/0607_Financial_Aid_Handbook.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>*How will my financial aid award be adjusted if I receive an outside
scholarship? *</p>

<p>Students who receive scholarships from external sources can use these funds to reduce the loan and/or job portions of their financial aid packages. If the outside scholarship is greater than the self-help level, the family responsibility can also be reduced to the federal level. (In most cases, outside scholarships do not reduce the Dartmouth family contribution.) Alternative student loans can be used to replace the self-help component (job and/or loan) of the financial aid package or replace the family contribution.</p>

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<p>They will also let you apply some of that $ to the cost of the computer if you purchase it from the school - its not much, but it helps.</p>