<prompt> Human: Hope this the right subreddit for this. I could really just use some quick advice.My girlfriend received a 1,000 scholarship towards college in her senior year of high school. The money is well needed and well deserved and she is paying her own way through college as well as constantly paying for a slew of other personal expenses that would often be handled by the parents in other families. She also is already receiving merit and financial aid at the University that she will attend this August.My question is about what we can do with the scholarship money. My girlfriend is worried that if she cashes or deposits the check, she will have to report it to her school as income and they will remove 1,000 from her financial aid package, rendering the scholarship useless. Would this be an issue? If so, would it be possible for her to endorse the check and give it to me so I could cash it for her from my own bank account then give her the money? Are there any other options? Any help would be immensely appreciated.I understand there are some moral ramifications to doing this but the money will absolutely go towards education and we are not set on any of these plans yet, we just would like to test the waters to see what our options are with this money.Thankstl;dr: I was wondering if there was any way for my girlfriend to use her scholarship money without reporting it to her school and having it taken away from her much needed financial aid package.  <response>: She is required to report all outside scholarships to her schools financial aid office. If she doesnt and your school finds out, she could be obligated to pay back part or all of her financial aid package, which was calculated based on need.Basically, it is not worth it for her to not report it. 