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Alu862
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Are not scholarships by true definition because:
1) They force youngsters to strain themselves to work for it. Those who don't get the 4As 2/3S are left to fend for themselves
2) The careate market distortion by reducing frictional employment for those few hundred, but leaving hundred thousand other non scholarships worrying about how to get a job
3) They are awarded to anyone, even the rich. The system should consider the wealth of the student's family
4) They force students into certain courses due to the time period of the scholarship. Students goign to the US will "accelerate" themselves to finish the degree in 3 years not the American 4 because the scholarship covers only 4 years
5) Students mainly study to Masters level. No one thinks of PhDs.
6) Lucky SAFOS kids get to miss OCS/NS and reduce platoon sizes. Non Scholars waste two good years.
7) And as mentioned in another post, is the 19 year old Singaporean as clever as the 21//22 year old Western Student? the later with no such scholarship has to finish university first before getting a job.
1) They force youngsters to strain themselves to work for it. Those who don't get the 4As 2/3S are left to fend for themselves
2) The careate market distortion by reducing frictional employment for those few hundred, but leaving hundred thousand other non scholarships worrying about how to get a job
3) They are awarded to anyone, even the rich. The system should consider the wealth of the student's family
4) They force students into certain courses due to the time period of the scholarship. Students goign to the US will "accelerate" themselves to finish the degree in 3 years not the American 4 because the scholarship covers only 4 years
5) Students mainly study to Masters level. No one thinks of PhDs.
6) Lucky SAFOS kids get to miss OCS/NS and reduce platoon sizes. Non Scholars waste two good years.
7) And as mentioned in another post, is the 19 year old Singaporean as clever as the 21//22 year old Western Student? the later with no such scholarship has to finish university first before getting a job.
