In response to number 1. While your not going to school, your student loan grace period will start winding down. However, once you go back to school, full time, it will stop. You may have to send verification of school status to your state higher education office (that what I had to do).

Then when your done with schooling (the 2nd time around) the grace period picks up from where it ended before. (it doesn’t start all over again)

2. It depends on the scholarship you have. Some specifically state that can’t be applied to previous loan, other don’t make any mention. To be sure I’d ask the financial aid office, they’ll be able to help you on that.

Scholaships I am understand can only be used to future education I’ve never heard of appling them to previous stuff. But check with the scholarship and loan company. Usually before you leave the college and graduate the finacial aid off will make you go though what is called a Exit session about your loans and they will go over all this stuff. Talk to the fin office to do this.