Based on the 16,635 samples data from the survey"The Development of College Student in Hunan Province",this study uses propensity score matching to analyze the impact of financial aid on the leadership of freshmen.The results show that,regardless of the type of financial aid,obtaining financial aid has a significant impact on the leadership of freshmen.On the contrary,after classifying the types of financial aids,students’receiving loans alone significantly affects freshmen’s leadership;while gaining two types of financial aids affects the po...