<p>Hey, i'm harvard class of 2013, not eligible for any financial aid (did not apply and have not been in contact), and i won numerous merit scholarships that bring my tuition very low. do i report these awards to the financial aid office or another entity? i couldn't find this information online and the financial aid office website seems to say only those actually on financial aid should report such scholarships on their website...</p>
<p>Many, if not most, merit scholarships are paid directly to the university rather than to you. If that is the case, you may want to contact Harvard regarding making arrangements for those payments to be received and properly allocated to you. Harvard allows the student to use up to $2500 of outside merit awards to cover the cost of a computer and peripherals. They will reimburse you from merit awards that were paid directly to Harvard. However, in your case, unless you have more outside merit money than the amounts Harvard is billing you, this does not really benefit you.</p>
<p>wait, so if have $35,000 per year in scholarships, they just reimburse me? can’t i just use that to pay the tuition?</p>
<p>If you didn’t apply for financial aid then you can use that merit money to pay off your tuition. It’s only if you applied for aid that things would get dicey…you’d only be able to use up to 7,000 (work-study + summer employment + 2500 for computer accessories) of it up and the rest would go to waste if your FAS scholarship wasnt substantial…though I’m not sure about that last part. What I do know is that your merit money is good since you did not apply for aid…congrats.</p>
<p>No. The reimburse statement is about the computer. The scholarships may be used to pay your tuition. My point is that usually these scholarship donors want to pay the money directly to the college (my son has a few scholarships of this nature and they insist on paying the college not my kid). So you should contact the burser’s office and check on what info you need to provide to the donors so that the money paid is allocated to your account. Also check to see if amounts in excess of tuition, room and board may be used for books and personal expenses.</p>