"without a scholarship" is a perfectly valid and usable phrase in written English.
For example: "A college education is expensive, so many students look for ways to pay for tuition without a scholarship."
He could have walked on at S.L.U. and played without a scholarship.
Ms. Mazariegos said she could not afford the tuition without a scholarship.
Without a scholarship, he would be financially unable to attend college next year.
First, if so many players are dying to play football even without a scholarship, what is the urgent need?
At Kent State, where he enrolled without a scholarship, he clashed early with Coach Dean Pees, who is now the Baltimore Ravens' linebackers coach.
Garrett decided to sign and forgo playing baseball for the Red Storm, although he is still eligible to play basketball — without a scholarship.
He was a natural, and he'll definitely make it, but he wouldn't have had a chance to do anything [without a scholarship].
Currently, players can return to school without forfeiting a scholarship if they pull out by May 8. Beginning this fall, Division I football players will be required to earn nine credit hours in the fall semester or eight in the fall quarter.
My parents sent me to an expensive college without loans or a scholarship or a job.
Would his critics be happy to see a black African student accept a scholarship without criticising Rhodes?
While at Division II St. Cloud State in Minnesota, Bryant hounded Bennett on the phone for a chance to play for the Badgers, and he transferred to Wisconsin without a guarantee of a scholarship.
