If you need a computer for school and such (I'm not on here to hate, I promise!) Chromebooks are fantastic. I've owned several and they NEVER get viruses, are generally very very fast, have amazing battery life, and IDK I just really love mine. I've used macs and PCs for a long time and bear no hate for either (though I do generally prefer the PC because I like building machines and messing with the OS more)
But chromebooks are very cheap, my personal favorite one only cost me $200.
The newer model of that is only $300 and it can pretty much do whatever most college students need. The prices are pretty much just what you can afford, too. I think the cheapest is like $179?
My recs: www.amazon.com/dp/B00J49ZHCY/r… ($300)
www.amazon.com/dp/B00J49ZHCY/r… (My main one, $200-ish)
All the samsung listings: (can't really go wrong with these tbh, durable)
goo.gl/E3xXkuThe Acers and HP ones are pretty nice too. You get used to the OS really fast.
BTW congratulations on your scholarship!! (I saw in the comments below!!)