<p>I am going to be a freshman in the fall at Tufts, and I was awarded funds through a "scholarship program" at Tufts for "demonstrat[ing] outstanding academic promise." It does not say, however, if this money is renewable every year (perhaps providing maintaining a certain gpa or whatever.) Does anybody have any experience with this type of aid from Tufts? I need to know so that I can properly inform an organization giving me an outside scholarship of my financial aid status.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>You apparently need an absolute answer for this outside organization. Don’t risk it to advice from CC. Ask the appropriate office at Tufts (FinAid?) for the definitive answer.</p>
<p>well of course I wouldn’t take any answer here as absolute, but since the financial aid office is closed on the weekends, I figured I’d just see if anybody could tell me this from experience. I wouldn’t give an organization a definite answer based solely on information provided on a public forum. My question is motivated more by excitement to find out without having to wait until Monday to ask. Thanks for the concern though.</p>
<p>Ah, got it.
Hope the answer is positive.
And congrats both on getting into Tufts and on the grant. I know you’ll love it there.</p>
<p>thanks. I do Have one other question though. How does it work when a scholarship covers my work study amount? If I have say $2000 in federal work study, and its replaced with $2000 of outside scholarship money, what happens to my bill. Do they reduce the EFC by $2000? I mean, work study is paid to a person in the form of untaxed pay checks I believe, meaning it is not money you pay toward your bill to the school right? It is more along the lines of money to use for books, personal expenses, etc. I believe. So if it is covered, what happens?</p>