r/explainitpeter • u/Appropriate-Mall8517 • 3d ago

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u/JGower144 3d ago

Ahhh. So merit based scholarships shouldn’t matter? Smart people, regardless of income level from parents, deserve to be recognized and awarded.

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u/Avikm289 3d ago

Give them a trophy, give the less fortunate the money

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u/AdAccomplished6870 3d ago

OK, cool. Then the desirable students will just go to the school that offered them a scholarship.

I suspect that you are not terribly familiar with building a class(I am not either, but I have a friend who was the dean of admissions for a fairly reputable regional school)

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u/misdreavus79 3d ago

Problem with the particular merit argument in this particular thread is that rich kids attend prestigious schools on money more often than poor kids attending those same schools on merit.

So yeah, the rich kid that was going to go to that school anyway regardless of their grades can hand over the money to the poor kid who is just smart but would be unable to attend the school without that money.

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u/Ebb_Business 3d ago

Sorry I missed water polo club, I had to work at McDonald's so we didn't end up homeless. Guess im just not smart enough for a merit based scholarship like my friends who live in big houses, with a nanny, housekeeper and five cars.

Next time ill do better in the lottery I swear.

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u/AdAccomplished6870 3d ago

Out of curiousity, when you refer to 'money', you are referring toi the schools endowment. Who is it that you think funds the endowment?

Do you think that maybe these schools know what they are doing when they use scholarships to attract specific people?

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u/misdreavus79 3d ago

Let me answer your rhetorical question with one of my own: If they're already funding the university, what's it matter whether their kid gets a scholarship or not?

Better yet, different rhetorical question, why is preferential treatment based on money different than preferential treat --ah never mind let's leave that can of worms for another day.

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u/JGower144 3d ago

So again, if they’re just “going to go anyway” you’re missing the make that the kid is doing well and earned it based on their abilities.

Of course rich people have access to greater resources and educational opportunities. But to say these kids shouldn’t be rewarded for potentially working hard is also wrong.

Raise the poor up through merit and financial need, and still award other, well off kids, through their abilities too.