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-- Posted by Charolastra at 5:50 pm on Mar. 12, 2007

Does this sound any good?

Linfield College
Approx. yearly costs = $35,528

What I'm being offered (in a years' total, but paid on SEMESTER basis [divide these numbers in half]):.

Faculty Scholarship - $9,800
Rhodes Endowed Scholarship - $2,000
Linfield College Grant - $500
Linfield Diversity Grant* - $4,000
Federal Work Study - $2,350
Federal Sub Stafford Loan** - $3,500
CitiAssist Alternative Loan - $5,000

TOTAL: $27,150


*Conditional. Must attend a meeting at beginning of school year and be a part of "diverse" community of Linfield - active participant of college life - more info will be provided at the meeting. Must apply for renewal of the award every spring.

** What is this?

Thanks.


-- Posted by unconditionalS2 at 7:52 pm on Jan. 8, 2008

stafford loan is a loan from the government.


-- Posted by Kayling at 12:19 am on Jan. 15, 2008

and subsidized means you don't have to pay the interest on it til you graduate.

PS schools' "approx. yearly cost" are always higher than they actually are.  


-- Posted by Charolastra at 8:16 pm on Jan. 15, 2008

you guys can let this go; i'm at a different college anyway ;)


-- Posted by Aqueous at 11:58 pm on Jan. 15, 2008

Sounds pretty good to me!


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