Because this is long, I'll add a tl;dr at the beginning:
To earn a scholarship to an academic program, all you have to do is to live and work for the school for 6 months prior, there is no other criteria. If they then decide to not accept you to the program, are you entitled to any financial compensation for the work you did?
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This is going to be a hard one to explain...
So there's a religious school I attended for several years. Half the year, it's a retreat center / resort and the other half it was entirely focused on religious study. You could either pay the tuition for the study period or you can work during the resort season and earn a scholarship. There is no criteria you have to meet in order to earn the scholarship, you just have to complete the 6 months.
99% of the people are accepted into the religious study portion of the year, but every once in awhile some applicants are rejected. Last year I was injured while working the guest season. I was very upset because I was told if I leave in order to heal up, I would not get my scholarship. So I grudgingly continued, and proceeded to make the injury worse. I was pretty upset with the leadership and the teachers, and we had some intense conversations, but they were nothing more than arguments.
When I turned in my application for the religious study portion of the year, I was denied. They told me my injury and my attitude with the leadership made them not want me here anymore. They said the school was no longer "a good fit" for me, and that when the guest season ended, I had to leave.
So not only am I being forced to leave where I've lived for years, but I worked 6 long and difficult months in order to earn that scholarship.
Compensation for the guest season is the tuition. I made no money for the last 6-months AND I'm about to homeless. Am I entitled to any of the money I earned? The tuition for the program is $9000.
Written By: Throwaway50061
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