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by Nullabillity 3609 days ago
> Federal Pell Grants are limited to students with financial need, who have not earned their first bachelor's degree, or who are enrolled in certain post-baccalaureate programs, through participating institutions.[1]

CSN money is not conditional based on your family's income, has no relationship with the military, and is not earmarked for any particular purpose. The only requirements are that you can't get more than 6 years total (a relatively recent restriction), that you pass 75% of your courses, and that you don't personally earn more than ~160k SEK/year (the exact amount varies, but has an inverse proportion to how much your study).

During high school you get a smaller amount, but then it's only conditional on attendance, not your academic results.
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6clotr1ckg 3609 days ago
Pell is also not earmarked to a particular purpose and has no relationship with the military, as far as I know. It seems like both programs have a different set of restrictions (Pell does not care how old you are, for example), but CSN is probably more generous overall.
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Nullabillity 3609 days ago
> Pell is also not earmarked to a particular purpose and has no relationship with the military, as far as I know.

Wikipedia disagrees: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pell_Grant

> Applicants must also sign a statement certifying that they will use the aid only for education-related purposes,

And

> Males between the ages of 18 and 25 must register with the Selective Service.

Not saying you're wrong, and I'd definitely love it if Wikipedia is wrong on this.

> Pell does not care how old you are, for example

CSN doesn't either AFAIK, only how many times you've been paid. According to WP Pell seems to have a similar policy.

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6clotr1ckg 3609 days ago
> Applicants must also sign a statement certifying that they will use the aid only for education-related purposes,

Personal expenses while you are in school (including rent) count as an education-related purpose. See: http://pell-grants.org/what-the-pell-grant-money-can-be-appl...

> Males between the ages of 18 and 25 must register with the Selective Service.

These people are required to register for selective service anyway, though federal financial aid is used as a stick to enforce this requirement. See: https://www.sss.gov/Registration-Info/Who-Registration

> CSN doesn't either AFAIK, only how many times you've been paid. According to WP Pell seems to have a similar policy.

I think I am unclear on the difference between the "student allowance" and "study aid".

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