I would as well. But not all geeks grow up with money.

Thank god for scholarships. Wouldn't have been able to afford college otherwise. Shit's a damn racket

same, i got off with a pretty low amount of debt. basically none compared to my gf.

then again, my scholarship was bs imo

"honors", what a joke.

should be called the "cheaters" scholarship

I am happy for scholarship, but I got a scholarship because I am hard of hearing aka disabled, not because of my ability. That irked me a bit and I didn't stay in the college long, because I felt like I was taking someone else's chance.

like everyone was only in the honors program because they knew how to game the system

and i only got in for not risking my grades in high school by intentionally aiming under my ability so i always got good grades.

They didn't take in account my grades, which were 3.5 GPA.

They ignored that and gave scholarship to me based on my disability.

could have been worse, could have been because of your skin color

It felt like I was cheating others who are more worthy than me.

One of the one's I got was my state's scholarship lottery one. That was just about 2.5k a semester but got dang the requirements were a joke. It was a minimum of something like 3.5 GPA and an 18 on the ACT. It's less now b/c surprise surprise when they're that low anyone can get that money.

a fucking 18 on the ACT?

wow

you could guess your way to that.

I got a 29 on the act and i felt like i did horribly

right?

After a year of struggling with my conscience, I told them I am quitting school and they should give my scholarship to someone who is more deserving than me.

Don't quote me on that, it was almost a decade ago. I'm looking up the stats now, but yeah. It was *low*

think i got like 30-32 range

probably 30

I wanted my college degree, but not at the expense of someone else.

Depends on how large the scholarship was

opted to look for schools that didn't really care about ACT/SAT scores

They gave me a 30K scholarship.

Oh wait! Not even a gpa minimum. "For High School seniors, the only requirement is a 19 on the ACT or ACT equivalent score (990 on SAT), FAFSA Required. "

There were many scholarships that went unclaimed by people at my school

https://scholarships.adhe.edu/scholarships-and-programs/high-school/

If they give it to you they know you deserve it/can hack it at the school

they dont provide scholarships if they think youll flunk out

They gave it to me because I was disabled. Solo because of that.

That's what they should be imo

Not because of my grade.

even grades are bs measurements. You are punished for pushing yourself, rewarded for underachieving.

Yes thats the reason for the scholarship specifically

But its because they think youll use it to its full potential

Because at the end of the day they are still paying the money to the school and they dont want to see it wasted

For example there was a scholarship for people who were literally from Iowa at my school

Went unclaimed in my department for my last two years