Raise.me Questions

Paying for College
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Hi, so I’m currently senior and I’m researching scholarships. I received an email from University of Pittsburgh saying that I can be eligible for scholarships from Raise.Me. I’ve been doing a lot of research on it to see if it’s a legit site and how it works, but I still have a few questions. Is it really safe and have any of you had experience with it before? Is there a specific deadline for these scholarships and are these scholarships only applied to your first year or are you able to renew the scholarships you receive for all 4 years of college? Also, is it an ADDITION to the financial aid you’ll receive from the participating colleges or is this an estimate of what your financial aid will actually be.

Thank you in advance.

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Read this thread, and especially page 4 where U Pittsburgh is mentioned.
http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1814132-raise-me-one-parents-report-on-how-it-works-and-whether-its-worth-it-p1.html

What I gather from reading is that the amounts the universities end up offering is larger than the raise.me and not in addition to it, so it ended up making no difference.