Hopefully not too stupid a question

Paying for College
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<p>What happens to merit scholarship money that is not taken because the recipient decided not to go to that particular school? Can it be offered to someone else after the May 1st deadline or does it go back in the pot-o-money to be offered the following year?</p>

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<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=58234&highlight=unused+merit%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=58234&highlight=unused+merit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Thank you, Erin's Dad. That was very helpful.</p>