> that relationship.  Perhaps it was intended to illustrate the folly of
> selecting recipients based on any non-academic qualifications, such as
> income, race, or anything else.  Or perhaps it was just a joke slid in
> there at the end of an off-topic message, which inadvertently hit
> someone's hot button.

The problem with *only* considering academic qualifications is that many
low-income-area schools have low scores. This can be for a variety of
reasons, but some potentially very good students would not be able to
get into college without income qualifications.

I'm not saying that all scholarships should include race, income, and
other non-academic factors, just some should.

I had a scholarship for college (actually a couple, one of which was
academic) that paid for much of my costs. I figure that the added income
that my degree gave me has paid the government back at least two-fold.
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