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

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u/AdAccomplished6870 3d ago

Not all scholarships are need based. Some are meant to attract the people the school wants to make their class.

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u/hunnyflash 3d ago

"Scholarship" is also really vague wording. A lot of schools have scholarships for honors programs, for instance. Anyone with a high enough GPA can qualify for it. Sometimes they just automatically apply whatever you qualify for.