Riley RedgateThere was something alienating about being on scholarship, a tense mixture of gratefulness and otherness. You're talented, the money said, and we want you here. Still, it had the twang of You were, are, and always will be different.
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The idea that scholarship students were not just grateful for the scholarships but were also different from the rest of the student body. They were talented and smart, yes, but they also felt like they were not quite as good as the other students around them.
Source: Noteworthy
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