Oooh, that is good news! Congrats
I got a call from my advisor, who got a call from NHSC for clarification of my enrollment status..
I believe NHSC stated on the application that at some point during the review process, they will verified good academic standing with the applicant's program.
I hope we hear from them soon! All this waiting... ahhh. Anxious. It's like med school applications all over again! Gah!
Hi everyone,
So, because I love to procrastinate, I was reviewing the program guidelines that were made available with the application earlier this year. The last FAQ mentioned in the guidelines stated:
"Only applicants being awarded NHSC scholarships will be requested to submit banking information."
So, according to the guidelines released months ago, I think its an EXCELLENT indication that those of us who received finalist emails will be awarded.
It's keeping me calm until we hear final word
Hi everyone,
So, because I love to procrastinate, I was reviewing the program guidelines that were made available with the application earlier this year. The last FAQ mentioned in the guidelines stated:
"Only applicants being awarded NHSC scholarships will be requested to submit banking information."
So, according to the guidelines released months ago, I think its an EXCELLENT indication that those of us who received finalist emails will be awarded.
It's keeping me calm until we hear final word
I asked if I had 5 days to think about it and she said not really, but that I had till Tuesday to let her know.
So, after giving up hope I'd get the scholarship, I got an email today from an analyst that stated they tried to email out acceptances a few days ago (maybe friday?) but that a lot of people didn't get that email. If I was still interested in the scholarship, I was to send back the following information, bank, W4, etc. I was also to indicate in the portal that I was interested.
I called the analyst to confirm, and she said that what had happened was that of the original people they awarded, "a lot" were not interested anymore and were going to check out the loan repayment (not sure why they would do that), and so that opened spots for 22 more people she said. I asked if I had 5 days to think about it and she said not really, but that I had till Tuesday to let her know. Then she asked what I was leaning towards.
Anyway, congrats to the others that received a notice. And it looks as though they are awarding, seeing who accepts, and then awarding more. There is still hope
The numbers I posted (120/6000) were from this thread, not from any official NHSC source. Last year, the rejection email looked like this:How did you find out how many scholarships were awarded?? Are they sending out award notices?
So, after giving up hope I'd get the scholarship, I got an email today from an analyst that stated they tried to email out acceptances a few days ago (maybe friday?) but that a lot of people didn't get that email. If I was still interested in the scholarship, I was to send back the following information, bank, W4, etc. I was also to indicate in the portal that I was interested.
I called the analyst to confirm, and she said that what had happened was that of the original people they awarded, "a lot" were not interested anymore and were going to check out the loan repayment (not sure why they would do that), and so that opened spots for 22 more people she said. I asked if I had 5 days to think about it and she said not really, but that I had till Tuesday to let her know. Then she asked what I was leaning towards.
Anyway, congrats to the others that received a notice. And it looks as though they are awarding, seeing who accepts, and then awarding more. There is still hope
Did anyone receive a notice that they were awarded a few days ago? I'm a little confused, does this mean that being a finalist did NOT mean that we got the award, or that the finalist email that had us send in the banking, W4 info, etc. was essentially an award if we said we were still interested? Has anyone contacted NHSC regarding if we should have heard back by now? I'm always at school during their office hours...
I think if everyone of the finalists have expressed an interest in the scholarship and faxed in their contracts and stuffs, it would be the end of the process. All would been awarded the scholarship. However, if a few of these finalists have cold feet, then they would go down their unpublished "waitinglist" and offered them the opening spot.
I think they want to see how many people would accept their offer before making it officially! Strange way to do business but I understand them and it makes sense. Say, i chose you as a recipient for this scholarship. However, despite my repeated calls/emails to you, you did not reply. In the meantime, I have other people waiting, people that I can offer your spot if you decline. I would have been frustrated because you're holding the process up. For one, I am not sure if you don't have access to my emails or you're simply ignoring me since you no longer interested in this scholarship. So, I think this year they have a different strategy, one where the putative recipient has to be proactive. They give you just 5 days and if they don't hear from you, they assume that you are not interested as oppose to play the waiting game!
So, after giving up hope I'd get the scholarship, I got an email today from an analyst that stated they tried to email out acceptances a few days ago (maybe friday?) but that a lot of people didn't get that email. If I was still interested in the scholarship, I was to send back the following information, bank, W4, etc. I was also to indicate in the portal that I was interested.
I called the analyst to confirm, and she said that what had happened was that of the original people they awarded, "a lot" were not interested anymore and were going to check out the loan repayment (not sure why they would do that), and so that opened spots for 22 more people she said. I asked if I had 5 days to think about it and she said not really, but that I had till Tuesday to let her know. Then she asked what I was leaning towards.
Anyway, congrats to the others that received a notice. And it looks as though they are awarding, seeing who accepts, and then awarding more. There is still hope
So, after giving up hope I'd get the scholarship, I got an email today from an analyst that stated they tried to email out acceptances a few days ago (maybe friday?) but that a lot of people didn't get that email.
Does anyone know of anyone that was a finalist and did not get an award?
From searching this forum extensively, I haven't found a post in previous years where someone was a finalist and did not receive the award.
With my super-sleuthing skills, I have been checking this site, the NHSC facebook group and allnurses.com (yes, it is a different scholarship with different deadline and apparently they get a credit check and maybe some other differences). The nurses were supposed to hear by today and the same kind of process went down with a "finalist" email and now there is even more anxiety, and some hostility, on that thread.
I agree with Atticus and Inngu that there is no evidence that finalists have not gotten awards in years past. I did not receive an email on Friday August 26, but I did get one on Friday August 19. My status still says "final review". I don't know if they contacted my school or not but I did get that phone call from Frank from NHSC last Wednesday and he told me we'd hear by "late" this week. I know they were going to tell us by September 31 but I sure would love to cancel the giant loans that just disbursed for this semester without accruing too much interest.
I am cautiously optimistic that I will see you at the awardee conference.
Whew... Mine says "Final Review" as well. Thank goodness you posted this, I think my BP shot up by quite a bit after Superman's post of "Notified of Award - Awaiting Response"
I haven't accepted it online in the portal, so I wonder if after I do so, it will say Final Review as well. Did you guys have the same "Notified of Award - Awaiting Response" when you first got the email?
I haven't accepted it online in the portal, so I wonder if after I do so, it will say Final Review as well. Did you guys have the same "Notified of Award - Awaiting Response" when you first got the email?
I didn't look at mine, either. To be honest, I was half an hour from leaving my job of 6.5 years
Both my friend and I noticed that our apps said "notified of award-awaiting response" on the website when it had us confirm our interest in the program... After confirming, it said what everyone else's said: Final Review... I'm pretty sure this is the same for all finalists.
I'll have to call or email tomorrow. I'll see if I can get some info on what our actual status is. The analyst was very nice, so I'll see what she lets me know.
What a way to finish off your job! It is one of those things that you would never forget!
Interesting note that I just found out.... On August 15th (4 days before the finalist email) the NHSC checked my credit, which I found out by pulling up my credit report.
I found this out using the site annualcreditreport.com
Interesting note that I just found out.... On August 15th (4 days before the finalist email) the NHSC checked my credit, which I found out by pulling up my credit report.
I found this out using the site annualcreditreport.com
No requests for my credit history in the past 2 years
To those of you who are finalists - did you select EFN and/or disadvantaged background status?
I didn't have the EFN designation, but I am from a disadvantaged background.