With the topic of Diddy's son, Justin Combs receiving a 54K merit-based scholarship to attend UCLA. A discussion I had last year in my Sociology class, and I believe they have some relation. Considering how some people say he should keep it and others saying he should give it to someone that is less fortunate.
I can't recall word for word what the scenario was but it went something like this.
Two students applied to Harvard (or Top Ivy), and there's only one scholarship left.
Student 1:
Inner city public school students
3.9 GPA
Numerous AP courses
Student athlete
Ton of volunteer hours
Family income AP courses
Student Athlete
Has participated in several researches at local hospital
Family income >400K
When this discussion was presented in class, there were a lot of different views. Some were logical and some were asinine.
Who do you guys believe should/would get the last scholarship? Just want to know you guy's take on this matter.
Which ever one is black\mexican\ openly gay\trans\student of illegal immigrants in other words anything but white, straight and god forbid christian from the Midwest and apart of the 4H club. Bonus points for a combination. If both are equal in those categories then flip a coin. Oh if either are Asian they obviously can't get the scholarship because Asians need a 4.0.
What about SATs scores?
As far as SATs go, I believe the prep student was about 100-150 points higher S1: 1990 S2: 2120
@808: Both were equal in the essay department.
S1: Minority (Black) S2: Minority (Spanish).
I wish i still had the handout from last year. There was a lot of information given to us on the subject.
If the scholarship is merit-based, judge on merit. If everything else is equal, what about SATs, essays, hospital research vs. volunteer hours, etc.? The poor student probably has a more compelling essay...
Schools and governments give out need-based scholarships/grants. Don't give a merit-based scholarship out unless it is merited. That just creates more ill-will and bias.
P Diddy's son won a football scholarship. If he's good enough to get a scholarship, he should take it. Granted, P Diddy could probably donate some money to UCLA, or help free up the scholarship for another player, but UCLA wasn't wrong to offer if they thought they'd lose him to another team.
With respect to your scenario, if nothing else, it's about scarcity and the marketplace. I'm willing to guess there are more students of Type B applying to Harvard and the like than Type A. If Harvard wants them both (and can offer both admission, just not a scholarship), then it's more likely Type A will a) receive more competitive offers which include $ elsewhere and b) more likely to include lower-cost options in their decision set.
How can anyone not say student 1? The benefit that comes from giving student 1 the scholarship far exceeds the benefit from giving student 2 the scholar. If you give student 1 the scholarship it is likely student 1's children will be similar to student 2, equalizing things in the long run.
Twist...
Student 1 is white, straight male, Christian from the Midwest
Student 2 is a black, female, atheist from the West coast
Now who? lol
I go with student 1 in this case. More potential to be unlocked. If he's done all that from a poor background there's no telling what he could do once surrounded by like-minded people.
Sad to say but there's no way to prove student 2 didn't get to where he is by having his parents spend money on the top tutors, summer programs, etc.
it's not fare in either case. u gotta give it 2 the kid comin from the projects and maybe had a lower GPA and also his skool didnt offer AP corses. those are things a kid just cannot control. he cant help bein dirt poor ya know, but guess what he was star point guard and he can teach you how 2 dougie all his bishes luv him so dont rob the kid of his chance 2 ball in D1
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