<p>I believe the OP was considering transferring at one point, so might not have explored other internal scholarship opportunities at the current school. </p>
<p>It is easy to suggest how to explore for these opportunities without needing to mention ones that any one person has won in a school that is irrelevant for the OP.</p>
<p>that is frustrating OP, my s’s full ride scholarship increased each year, so as tuition increased each year so did the scholarship, as did the housing etc. May seem like a silly question but did you check to see if there is anything your school can do?</p>
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<p>The words “at some schools” should be added to this sentence. This is not universally true. Plus not EVERY good student will receive these awards, and many who do will not receive a substantial amount.</p>
<p>Loved the veiled brag.</p>
<p>^Again, it is worthwhile to apply. Without application, you do not get any, this is true. This is the only option for OP. He cannot demand adjustment as adjustment will have to be given to all other receipients of full tuition Merit renewable awards.
Yes, no automatic additional scholarships to EVERY good students, they do not exist. Only those (very few) who apply, get them. The less people applying, the more is left to those who do.</p>
<p>Thumper- What is “veiled” about it? Same old, same old…</p>
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That’s what the OP called it, but that doesn’t mean that’s what it was.</p>
<p>If the OP had been awarded a fixed dollar amount scholarship that happened to match the amount of tuition, that’s one thing. If the OP had been awarded a scholarship that stated it was for full tuition, like, for example, University of Rochester’s Renaissance Scholarship, that’s something else. (And no, my d didn’t get one.)</p>
<p>OP, you asked how a 17 year old would know to ask. Schools assume that the student’s parents would know to ask, or would at least read the fine print.</p>
<p>Indeed, it was an specific amount. But this amount did exactly match the cost of tuition (to the cent), so I figured, it was the same. My parents are not from here and are not fluent in English. Actually, a few years back when I started thinking about going away for college, we saw that the tuition fees were 30,000+ $ and thought the comma meant 30 dollars and a weirdly precise amount of cents because in our country when dealing with numbers a comma is the same as a US dot. My sibling who stayed home for school and commuted received a governmental tuition grant and actually only had to pay 30$. Anyway, I suppose I will just have to ask and see if there is anyway that I could get more and will certainly do my homework before I commit to any graduate program.</p>