<p>Does winning a merit scholarship lower the amount of grants that a school will give you??</p>
<p>You need to check with the policy of the individual school. Some schools will use outside scholarships to offset the loan or work-study portion of your award, while others will lower your grant.</p>
<p>Actually most schools will do all of the above.....it is the heirarchy that is of concern. If is is first grant then subsidized loan then work study...well as you can see. Unless you are going to a relatively low cost school the grant may be $20.000 it is hard to get outside scholarships to offset everything so think about this.</p>