"Who knows how it's going to be funded after a PPL scholarship, but i'd rather be sitting with a PPL than not"
Well, if on interview that answer came to me I wouldn't be offering.
"the lack of funding is not a factor in which someone just completely writes themselves off. "
The problem with this type of "funding" is it is not the end game. The very real need to keep flying and learning and adding ratings are an expensive outlay if you are not in a position yet in your life to be able to keep up with the costs.