<p>Is there any way you can legally accept more scholarship money than the "official" cost of attendance at your college? For example, if you are planning to study abroad for a semester, can you accept additional money to cover the extra costs?</p>
<p>Sure! My S gets more in scholarships than his costs for tuition and room/board. Some are NM scholarships, some are from the state and some are private.</p>
<p>Maybe/maybe not. Many places will make the checks out to the school in your name. If they do that, you're kinda out of luck.</p>
<p>Are you saying that your son gets more scholarship money than what the school states is their official cost of attendance? Usually, the cost of attendance includes things like books, laundry, transportation, insurance, etc. and is several thousand dollars more than the tuition plus room and board.</p>
<p>Your son might be able to get a full ride from the college and an additional small private scholarship taht will pay the award directly to our son.</p>
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<p>The school I'm going to as well as many others have the policy where if your awarded scholarships/grants/etc exceeds the cost of attendance, they will cut you a check up to a certain dollar amount where they cap it.</p>
<p>Yes, that's what we are hearing as well.</p>
<p>Browser -
Son's money is all merit, none is need-based. So there's no "cap" on what he can get. Whatever outside merit scholarships he wins are his to put in the bank. His college offers nearly a full ride for NMFs. That, along with with Bright Futures and a couple of smaller outside scholarships, covers tuition, books, fees, room and board. I suppose if you compare the total amount with the school's official cost of attendance (incl. transportation, personal, etc.) it would be just about equal.</p>
<p>Thanks Patsmom. We are looking at a similar situation with a possibility of a full ride from the university and then several additional smaller (outside)scholarships. If the additional scholarships will just cause the full ride to be reduced, then we were thinking of declining them so others could have them. However, if they can be kept and used for other educational purposes, then we'll happily accept them!</p>
<p>So after the outside scholarships mail the checks to your school, it's combined with the school's own awards, right? And after that,do they subtract the cost of tuition, room, board, etc,from your total award amount and give you a check with the remaining balance so you can use it for transportation, books, laundry, etc?</p>
<p>Some schools specifically have scholarships to use for travel, etc., which exceed the school's projected cost of attendance (tuition, room, board, travel, etc.) If my son gets into one of the schools he applied to with a full-ride, they mention that there are additional merit awards that can be used for research and/or travel.</p>
<p>Some scholarships have rules and restrictions. Most scholarships are paid directly to a college or university, but there are a few "cash" scholarships that may be paid directly to the recipient (you)!</p>
<p>Yes, a person can earn more scholarship awards than the cost of education.</p>
<p>You will have to check with the scholarship's administrator to verify if you can utilize the funds in a non-traditional way, i.e. graduate school, study abroad, college-related cash personal expenses, living expenses while involved with a non-paying summer internship, etc.</p>