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Will Corban Reduce Your Outside Scholarship?

When you win a private scholarship, who actually keeps the money: your family, or the school?

Verified Jun 20264 days ago· COWORK

The rule at Corban

No displacement

Corban doesn't displace institutional aid at all. In plain dollar terms, that means a $5,000 outside award lowers the family bill by the full $5,000.

Source: https://www.corban.edu/scholarships/

The math: a $5,000 outside scholarship at Corban

  1. Setup

    Imagine you've already received Corban's institutional merit award and you win a $5,000 outside scholarship from a community foundation.

  2. What Corban does

    Corban stacks the outside scholarship on top of institutional aid up to the cost of attendance. The full $5,000 reduces your family's bill.

  3. Family takeaway

    Outside scholarships are pure upside here. Apply broadly; every dollar you win is a dollar the family doesn't pay.

Schools with the same policy

These schools also use no displacement for outside scholarships. The same dollar math above applies at each.

Schools that handle this differently

If Corban’s policy concerns you, these schools treat outside scholarships under a different rule.

When this rule bites hardest

  • Confusing the Presidential and Mosaic ceilings.

    Presidential is 'Up to full cost of tuition'; only the Mosaic Scholarship reaches 'up to full cost of attendance.' Both are invite-only — you cannot simply apply.

  • Assuming the outside-scholarship check timing is flexible.

    Checks go to Student Accounts, are split 'equally between fall and spring semesters, unless the scholarship specifies otherwise,' and late checks still get processed — but Corban 'will adjust your financial aid package,' so confirm in writing that need-based Corban Grant money is not reduced.

  • Oregon residents missing the OSAC window.

    Per Corban's outside-scholarship timeline, the OSAC application opens November 1 with a final deadline of March 1; the Ford Family Foundation application opens December 1 and closes March 3.

Displacement questions families ask

What is the scholarship deadline?
Corban's institutional academic awards are automatic at application (no posted deadline). For outside aid, Corban's posted timeline: FAFSA opens October 1; OSAC (Oregon) opens November 1 with a March 1 final deadline; Ford Family Foundation runs December 1-March 3.
Do outside scholarships reduce my Corban aid?
Corban's scholarships page says outside scholarships and federal aid 'may be added on top' of your category awards. The outside-scholarships FAQ notes Corban will 'adjust your financial aid package' when a check arrives — ask the aid office to confirm no Corban grant is displaced.

Aid-office script (copy & send)

The displacement rule is only binding when it's in writing. This script asks Corban's aid office the specific question that matters for no displacement.

Subject: Outside-scholarship treatment question, fall applicant

Dear Corban Financial Aid Office,

I'm a fall applicant reviewing how outside scholarships interact with my institutional aid package. I've read the public policy at https://www.corban.edu/scholarships/.

Can you confirm that a $5,000 private outside scholarship, added after my package is built, stacks on top of institutional merit and need-based aid up to COA, without reducing any institutional grant dollars?

Is there a specific reporting form I need to file when the outside award is confirmed?

A written answer (email is fine) is important because the outside-scholarship awarding bodies want confirmation before disbursing. Thank you for the time.

— [Student name], [Application ID if available]

How Corban compares across our verified dataset

  • 19 of 751 verified schools in our dataset use no-displacement displacement.

    Corban is in the small minority (19 schools share this category). That framing matters when comparing peer schools that may publish the policy differently or not at all.

Sources used on this page

Every claim is checked against Corban’s own published materials. Below is the full reference set.

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