<p>So, I'll be applying to college soon and will be applying for many scholarships. Some cover a few thousand dollars, others cover full tuition, room, and board. Most of the scholarships I'm applying for are specific to the college. However, I was wondering:</p>
<p>How does scholarship money work, exactly.</p>
<p>For instance, if I were to recieve the scholarship that covers tuition, room, and board, would the other possible scholarship money have a purpose? Could I use it for a computer, meal plan, books, or even a flight home? I sound like an idiot, but I'm not really sure on how colleges allow you to use scholarship money.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Well, most college scholarships award the money as credit on your tuition. The scholarships from organizations are given as checks so these ones can be used at your discretion.</p>
<p>You would have to check the details for the particular scholarships. For instance at my Ds school you cannot stack tuition waiver scholarships from the school. So if you received one tuition waiver then qualified for a better one you would get to keep the higher one - not both. Then there is a 'presidential' scholarship that cannot be combined with certain scholarships but can be combined with others. But there is a leadership scholarship that can be combined with any other scholarship. So it really depends on the rules of each scholarship. There should be somewhere on the school website that will give you that information.</p>