> Why focus scholarships on the most successful? Scholarships are about picking up people most likely to do great and giving them a chance. It is not just a me

> Why focus scholarships on the most successful? Scholarships are about picking up people most likely to do great and giving them a chance. It is not just a medal for past achievements, it is to that they achieve more in the future. > Shouldn’t they go to the marginally unsuccessful, that with a little help, would be successful? There actually are programs like that although Trump closed some of them. Programs designed to teach at-risk youth marketable skills. There is (or was) also help for students with various learning disabilities. The two are not in opposition. These things exist, but are under constant attacks from the right.