>> If you get a full ride scholarship, the $50k/yr is all yours. Would that work? I'm assuming for some it would. Bitter personal experience taught me using ex

>> If you get a full ride scholarship, the $50k/yr is all yours. Would that work? I'm assuming for some it would. Bitter personal experience taught me using extrinsic motivation destroys intrinsic motivation. The kid will get that scholarship to pocket the $50k/yr. But then the kid won't be motivated to do much more than that afterwards. Now all he or she's thinking is how fast they can spend the $50k.