What exactly is a scholarship?

In what situation that the case is strong enough to justify the proceeding for a suit that my university offering promising but non-existential scholarship?

• Hi Dear all, This is what happen to one of my friend. I hope I can give all the details, but I need time. Normally, you either go with financial assistance or simply don't go. But unlucky event happens.   For the sake of narration, I repeated what my friend told me as  University promised the better scholarship than others. But when I come to the university, the staff told me that due to some their miss, the university cannot give the scholarship. But it costs a lot to get here and I turn down other university offers. So what could I do ? Can I sue them for misconduct? Will the court approve the suing? ----------- Some background data. The university is located in Europe but registered both in EU and NY state. Most people got scholarships. But it happens there are always some unlucky cases.  ------- Back to me. I will fill any details if anyone asks. Thanks for all possible helps and advices. My personal comments: I googled for lawsuit against university or lawsuit for scholarship, but I cannot find any helpful cases. In my personal experience, university is  a place that is dominated bureaucracy that lead to a situation that everybody will try to help you yet nobody is actually has the ability or power to help you. More often than less that the regulations made out of good will deter the good will. I can even offer a possible explanation for why  this kind of lawsuit is lacking. 1 It is very hard to make the decision to sue the student's own university. 2 The university usually has its own  legal service but student's are usually very poor to pay for professional legal service and the only legal service  they got is provided by their university and is designed for solving external problem , not for against the university itself. For students who are able to hire lawyers, I doubt they will sue for scholarship. 3 The case, that scholarship promised but unable to got, is rare.

• Answer:

  US perspective: A lawyer would need to examine all relevant documentation and facts to render an opinion. It is not possible to do so with the limited facts the questioner has provided. BTW, the question is not whether one can sue - in the US, for better or for worse, anyone can sue anyone else at any time for any reason. The question is whether one has a case that is strong enough to justify proceeding with a suit.This answer is not a substitute for professional legal advice....