Not-So Exclusive Club
U/turq8: “Applying for graduate schools, all the apps cost money to submit ($50+ each usually) but you can often get them waived if you’re a member of certain organizations/groups (stuff like honors societies, career development orgs for underrepresented minorities, etc.).
I found out that just being an APPLICANT (which was free) for one of those groups counted for the fee waiver, and got application fees waived for over half of the schools I applied to, even after being rejected from that program.”
Sum of the Parts
U/billbapapa: “At my university you could only hold one bursary (it’s like a financial aid award, not really a scholarship) at a time. However, there was a bursary that apparently would match the value of all other bursaries you qualified for up to a certain amount.
I can’t remember the rules now and it had a cap. It was something like 10k a term which was way more than the others or most scholarships. Anyways, we discovered it, it was only available for two terms, but it was a godsend while it was there.”