<p>I mean, more women go to college then men. Wouldn't we be the minority now? Not that there would ever be a scholarship limited to white males, that's crazy talk.</p>
<p>I’ll ignore any hint of bitterness in your post, and take you seriously.</p>
<p>Seriously, there ARE scholarships just for men. There are also scholarships just for whites. They just don’t have names like “the males-only scholarship.” Think I’m wrong? </p>
<p>Football scholarships only go to men. There are scholarships open only to men who are going into nursing or education. Only men get the scholarships that require you to be an Eagle Scout.</p>
<p>How many non-whites qualify for the scholarships given out by the Sons of Norway or by the various other European heritage/culture organizations in the US? How many scholarships given by the Sons/Daughters of the American Revolution go to non-whites? </p>
<p>You could also try looking at America’s historically black colleges - I hear some of them have scholarships that are restricted to non-blacks. But somehow I don’t think you’d be comfortable there.</p>
<p>Wow, damn. Calm down…</p>
<p>I do not really care about the “white person sholarship” thing. Universities try super duper hard to get all that good ole diversity so as long as white people are the majority, we won’t be getting very many “white-only” scholarship. Just saying “whites only” feels racist, so yeah…</p>
<p>And I guess, like I said, colleges want that diversity. They crave it. So in fields where men are lacking (nursing, education) they’ll be some scholarships for men.</p>
<p>Football scholarships? Really? The 20 or so guys a year that play football at a school is a really bad counter example. They hardly make a difference and are just there to earn the school money.</p>
<p>But yes, I must be uncomfortable around black people, huh? Only logical solution</p>
<p>Maybe it is because I am an engineering student that I am taking my experiences and spreading them out further, idk. It could just be generalizations.</p>
<p>It really feels like it though, at least to me.</p>
<p>Also, I guess I am talking about privately funded scholarships, so they can do whatever they like. It’s their money. Whether I agree or disagree.</p>
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Wow, you are in engineering and you are in the minority? When I was at Michigan, they didn’t even have a lady’s bathroom in the East Engineering Building. Our ‘token’ women engineers had to borrow the key from the secretary to use the staff bathroom.</p>
<p>They obviously are the minority in engineering, I’me talking college wide. That’s a funny story though.</p>
<p>For a group workshop meeting thing this year in ANS, American Nuclear Society, they were talking about why NE at Michigan is the least diverse engineering program at the university and what they can do to bring in more minorities and women. My thought is no one is telling them they can’t join. There isn’t a heavy racism or sexism like there was in the past telling certain people that they can’t go to college, or can’t be an engineer, or can’t be a nuclear engineer. If women and minorities want to be NE’s great, come aboard. Work hard and get the grades and you’ll be welcome. I just don’t see how the department should be finding ways to bring more diversity to NE. Either they want to come or they don’t.</p>
<p>There is a lot more sexism under the surface than people realize, I think.</p>
<p>I agree with MLDWoody’s sentiment.</p>
<p>I would love some kind of scholarship for White/Jewish men in science and medicine, because I’m poor as **** but still don’t qualify for need-based scholarships, for some reason. If you know of any, I would love to know.</p>
<p>Of course I apply for the normal ones, too, but to be the “one” “white” dude that gets them is hard and I only get like 1 per year, which is not even close to enough for paying my tuition.</p>
<p>“Either they want to come or they don’t.”</p>
<p>I sure don’t want to be part of yet another affirmative action thread, but schools can attract more underrepresented students if they already have a few. My son has okay stats for many engineering programs, but some happen to be in places with one or two percent blacks. This might be “crazy talk”, but that’s a bit off putting.</p>
<p>Also, I have not really looked, but we haven’t seen any “blacks only” scholarships that do not also consider need.</p>
<p>@pancakes, the only thing I could think of is that your parents saved up a lot of money and uh, you know, planned for the future. That was my situation, I could really use aid but I am not poor enough to get it. As a real estate broker and with the current economy my father was not having his best year. But, we saved up money for college so FAFSA deemed me not eligible.</p>
<p>Also, I wasn’t planning on this turning into a race thing, just a sex thing. There are lot’s of “insert race/ethnicity here” scholarships too, ok. Those are designed to get the minority into college cuz again, they ****in love that diversity. Let’s pretend that’s all well and good, then why do we need scholarships to get more women in college? They are already the majority.</p>
<p>And, I think we can stop putting all this money toward women in engineering. No one is telling women they can’t be scientists, engineers, whatever. If they want to apply they will. There is no need to dish out tons of cash for them and let most of them in.</p>
<p>You made it about race in your original post.</p>
<p>that’s umm… satire?</p>
<p>Just me running my mouth, that reall doesn’t matter. The “white” isn’t important, the “male” is</p>
<p>and if people though it was about race then I hear by use my powers as OP to change the direction of this thread and remove any talk about race</p>
<p>Fair enough - men only:</p>
<p>Hall/McElwain Merit Scholarship
John A. High Child Welfare Scholarship
Herbertus W. V. Wellens Scholarship for Male Students
Lillie Lois Ford Boys Scholarship
American Legion Wisconsin Eagle Scout of the Year
Frank D. Visceglia Memorial Scholarship
Men of Principle Scholarship
Franklin Scholarship
Distinct Advantage Scholarship
Balanced Man Scholarship
Lax Scholarship for Gay Men
Men of Excellence Scholarship</p>
<p>Some of them are only offered at one school or another (ex: Virginia Tech), and please note that I didn’t dig into these scholarships to see if they were <em>really</em> male only. I relied on descriptions on fastweb, etc.</p>
<p>hey thanks, I forgot I had a fastweb account… I’m gonna go on there and look at stuff</p>
<p>"How many scholarships given by the Sons/Daughters of the American Revolution go to non-whites? "</p>
<p>-Actually I won the Daughters of the American Revolution scholarship and I’m Asian (Indian) male</p>
<p>Chicago - you’re right, I was hasty. I looked at the requirements for the Sons of . . . scholarship, and it said you had to be the descendent of a Revolutionary Patriot or be recommended by a member of the organization. The Daughters of . . . also requires sponsorship. Historically, I suspect such sponsorships were hard to come by if you weren’t of the right ethnic background. Perhaps that’s still true today - I don’t know. But your story shows it isn’t impossible.</p>
Really? You’re comparing a scholarship for female only applicants to a scholarship for football. Clearly you have no idea how difficult it is to compete in a sport as demanding as U.S. football. Especially at a level high enough to get you into a university. Are you saying that naturally being a woman is the same as training for a collegiate sport? I sure hope note. Additionally, if I’m reading your post correctly, you’re implying that there are roughly the same amount of scholarships for men and women. Well, if you honestly believe that then I implore you to do a bit more research.
This post is four years old but I guess it upset you enough to still put in an effort to reply.