Who really benefits from outside scholarships?

[ucbalumnus]

@sbjdorlo

Having said all that, I can tell you that if my eldest had gone to school here in California, he would have lost his $6000 scholarship because of the way the Cal Grant works with a student’s EFC.

Are you sure? UCSD says that scholarships are applied first to unmet need, work study, and student loan amounts before reducing grants: https://students.ucsd.edu/finances/financial-aid/types/scholarships/