Pell Grant separate from NCM?

Paying for College Access Programs (Questbridge, Posse)
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<p>I've noticed that some colleges (e.g., MIT) have a Pell Grant requirement in order to qualify for the NCM, but some colleges, like Pomona College, don't specifically state this as part of the FA.
Do you think this implies the following:
if a student were to qualify for the Pell Grant and receive the NCM scholarship, say for Pomona, then he/she would receive the Pell Grant (avg. ~$3,000) in addition to the NCM scholarship? If so, does this mean that the student would not have to do a Work-Study program to fulfill the $1,100 annual work study requirement, or is the Pell Grant money part of the "Pomona College Grant"?</p>

<p>I guess that my question might be simplified to: "Is the Pell Grant considered an 'Outside Scholarship' for colleges that don't use it as a requirement?"</p>

<p>Pomona Work-Study: $1,100
Partner</a> School: Pomona College - 2010 College Match Scholarship Package
Outside scholarships up to $1,100 can be used to reduce the work-study earnings contribution. Additional scholarships will be used to reduce the Pomona grant, dollar for dollar.</p>

<p>MIT: $0
Partner</a> School: MIT 2010 College Match Scholarship Package
Since Match recipients have their work/loan ("self-help") contribution covered by the Federal Pell Grant, any outside scholarship money will be used to decrease the amount of grant money awarded by MIT.</p>

<p>Thanks for any help on clarifying this!</p>

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<p>MIT’s policy sounds extremely generous. I’ve never heard of another school allowing a Pell grant to offset student earnings. The schools I’m familiar with use it to reduce the amount the school provides. It is very common for schools to allow outside scholarships to offset student earnings, so time spent on scholarship applications is time very well spent.</p>