# So I got a pretty hefty scholarship today

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-got-a-pretty-hefty-scholarship-today/705650>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 26, 2014, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-got-a-pretty-hefty-scholarship-today/705650 "2014-11-26T04:39:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![2ManyTacos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/3da27b/32.png) [@2ManyTacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2ManyTacos)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2014, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-got-a-pretty-hefty-scholarship-today/705650/1 "2014-11-26T04:39:37Z")

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Note: I had applied for this scholarship so long ago (last February) that I had honestly forgotten all about it, nor did I have any idea how much it was even _worth_ or that I was going to get it today. Seriously, I just logged into my school account & saw an additional several thousand dollars in my FA profile & damn near did a backflip.

So yeah, today was a great day for me. 😃

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**Author:** ![Shadez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Shadez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadez)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2014, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-got-a-pretty-hefty-scholarship-today/705650/2 "2014-11-26T11:22:56Z")

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Awesome. Amazing that it took so long - last February? Yeesh!

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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2014, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-got-a-pretty-hefty-scholarship-today/705650/3 "2014-11-26T11:33:45Z")

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Congrats! Don’t spend it on tacos.  
mmm

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**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2014, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-got-a-pretty-hefty-scholarship-today/705650/4 "2014-11-26T13:59:51Z")

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Awesome! It’s fun when you suddenly find money like that. Something similar happened to me once in college too.

And ignore **mmm** ’s advice. Spend it ALL on tacos! Big taco block party! 🙂