<p>Hello! I have a question as to how we use scholarship/grants' money at harvard. Do we receive them in a form of some harvard-card? Are we allowed to use money to buy stuff outside harvard? (like food?) Any explanations would be appreciated!</p>
<p>From what I understand, the scholarship money you get goes towards covering your student contribution/work study/etc. After/if you get enough to totally cover all of that, they give you up to $2000 for a computer stipend… and then after that, all the “extra” money goes towards/starts eating away at your Harvard “scholarship” (financial aid), meaning that Harvard keeps the money. Feel free to correct me if I’m wrong.</p>
<p>Leica thank you for the reply. Do we really get a computer stipend?</p>
<p>I think you do - but only if your outside scholarship exceeds the student contribution. However much it exceeds your student contribution is your computer stipend, but only up to $2000. </p>
<p>At least it’s what the paper that we got with our acceptance packet said… I didn’t talk to the financial aid office directly yet.</p>
<p>@LeicaM9 thanks for the answer! what paper? :)</p>
<p>You can call the financial aid office to get a computer reimbursement form to get reimbursed for up to $2000 (if you have $6000 or more of outside awards— the first $4000 goes to eliminating the job, and then the next $2000 for the computer. All money after $6000 reduces the Harvard scholarship).</p>
<p>this explains everything! thank you!</p>
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<p>It’s one of the papers in your acceptance package folder. If I remember correctly it was somewhere on the left side?</p>