<p>My school announces each student's scholarship amount at the graduation ceremony. However, I am going to a Ivy, so my scholarship is technically not a "100% true" scholarship. But, they want it to be announced anyway.</p>
<p>So, basically, everyone in my town is going to know how much my parents make. Getting a Ivy league acceptance in my community happens once or twice in a decade, so all the jealous parents of other students who got hopelessly rejected by every single Ivy is going to put their eyes, and more importantly their guns, on me. I am already scared *****less (they have already turned hostile) and don't know what to do.</p>
<p>Anyways, do you think I should I try to stop the amount from being said, or say an approximate figure, or say something like "a large scholarship", or something else?</p>
<p>Thanks so much for your advice.</p>
<p>[Copied from Financial Aid thread.]</p>
<p>I’m not really sure, but I think you should have the right to amend what is being said about you. I honestly don’t understand the practice of naming numbers at graduation ceremonies. It makes people who didn’t get scholarships feel bad, and the recipient usually feels embarrasses for some reason or another. It’s okay to say “John Doe gets the Bob T. Robert scholarship for his excellence in Social Studies” or something, but when you tack on the actual monetary value of the scholarship it gets awkward. By the way, your community scares me. They turned hostile because you got into an Ivy? Weird…</p>
<p>Hmm, at mine they just said the name of the grant I was using and the school I was attending. There isn’t a money amount except when they mention the total amount earned this year. I’m sure they could just “___ has been awarded the Ivy League Grant and is attending Ivy League U in the fall”, just talk to them about it and say that either they do it that way or they leave it out and just say you’re joining the work force. I mean, it’s your deal to be said so I don’t see why not.</p>