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Scholarships From FOSS Organizations?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the if-not-they-should dept.

Athaulf writes "I'm a high school kid with big dreams of prestigious technology schools like MIT or Cal-Tech. The problem is, my upper-middle class family had more down to Earth plans for me and my college choices (about $30,000/year more down to Earth, actually), so financial aid and college savings won't come anywhere near MIT's price tag. However, I've been programming in C for a while now, and might release a GPL'd Linux app soon. With this self-taught programming experience, academic merit, and plenty of extra curricular activities, are there any FOSS supporting organizations who might grant me a scholarship for my contributions? Do companies like Google or Red-Hat offer scholarships to big name schools in return for a few years of work after college?"

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  1. TAG: youarenotanuniquesnowflake by Fizzl · · Score: -1, Troll

    Stupid kids. At that point of my life I was already down-to-earth enough to understand that everything in life does not come out on a silver platter even if you live in a wellfare state like Finland.
    You are not a fucking unique snowflake. Why do you think you need MIT degree? Are you an idiot or something? Education is NOTHING. Start thinking about what you want to do and start doing it. No-one needs a degree from anywhere. Universities in US seem to be overpriced daycare centers for spoiled kids anyway.

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    1. Re:TAG: youarenotanuniquesnowflake by Fizzl · · Score: -1, Troll

      Almost forgot...
      "upper middle class family"?
      GET A FUCKING JOB YOU KNOB! Have you ever done any real work in your life?

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  2. Goatse by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Goatse.

    You nerd faggots love it.

    Also, Zeus sucks cock.

  3. Re:study abroad by Fizzl · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yeah, thanks. Come over here and leech off of the system we have built on our (very high) taxes.

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  4. Re:Join the Army by Oligonicella · · Score: 0, Troll

    "but I hope I didn't make the military out to be a bad choice"

    Oh, please. That's exactly what you started out trying to do.

    "If that happens to be a place where you get shot at (and there seem to be quite a lot of those nowadays), then that's where you're going, no matter what your degree or where you got it."

    That is simply untrue.

  5. Re:trust me don't do it. by Dogtanian · · Score: -1, Troll

    The fact that you know their salaries should tell you something about the quality of your friends. No, the fact that you think (or imply to others that they should think) that this reflects badly on them probably says more about you and your self-interest (as someone involved in "hiring").
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  6. Re:A Few Clarifications by Slurgi · · Score: 0, Troll

    Sounds like somebody missed nap-time...