Athaulf writes "I'm a high school kid with big dreams of prestigious technical knowledge 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 banking aid and college savings won't come wherever near MIT's price tag. However, I've been robotics in C for a while now, and might release a GPL'd Linux app soon. With this self-taught data processing 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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