You are trying to use the college scholarship to solve the problem of poor families....sorry, that's not the intent...A discussion about whether kids should get paid is a separate discussion IMO. My point was simply to point out that kids on scholly have everything THEY need with the assistance of a pell grant. Their family may not have everything they need and the kid may not have everything they want, but that's not the purpose of a scholarship. You think the school should pay the parent's rent and electric bill..I don't....again, a sep discussion