Any Elks Scholarship Applicants here?

<p>Do different states have different deadlines? or are they all the same? I was really hoping to hear something back from this one. If anyone from Ohio has been selected..let me know ?:)</p>

<p>received my letter today, wednesday the 16th.</p>

<p>The district judging committee has reviewed your Elks National Foundation "Most Valuable Sutdent" Scholarship application. We are pleased to advise you that it has now been forwarded to the next level of judging.</p>

<p>and then some more crap.</p>

<p>I hope this means money! anyone know???</p>

<p>Congrats! I hope there is money involved at this level...and I hope I move on! Still Waiting! The wait is horrible! LOL</p>

<p>:) good luck! i really hope money is involved at this level... but i kind of doubt it.. i bet they give the scholarships to the top 8 in virginia, and the top X in each state.. each state gives the same amount every year, and sometimes they give more than one to a particular lodge.. So.. I think the big letter, the important one is from the state committee</p>

<p>Lets all hope!</p>

<p>I am so anxious now! Yeah, i guess they would have to keep the number of scholarships at this level to a minimum.....but it would still be nice to get SOME money....any amount will do!</p>

<p>whoo, congratulations bsbllallstr8!</p>

<p>thx :) good luck all</p>

<p>i got some letter saying i moved past district and my counselor says we get a little money for every step we move up on, so hopefully we do get a piece of the pie for moving up.</p>

<p>congrats! i hope we get money, definitely would be useful</p>

<p>still waiting for the best.</p>

<p>Gah...I'm STILL waiting for my local lodge to respond to me! I keep calling them but I always get the machine and they didn't return my call. I felt like I had a good chance to move on though...the suspense!</p>

<p>that's too long a wait. Maybe the postal service lost your mail. Recently, I received a letter for a scholarship offer postmarked Nov 18 2004. I needed to respond by dec1. Received the flaming letter last week. Go figure.</p>

<p>agreed.. you should have heard by now..</p>

<p>I haven't received anything either......could this be bad? Last time it took this long....I think....about a week...so maybe there is hope.</p>

<p>Anyone know how to get in touch with the district chair if I know my district number? --> the Elks site lodge finder I used only shows the different lodges in each district. </p>

<p>The members of my local lodge only meet like once or twice a month (according to their website). I want to know if I advanced so that I can send it to the college I was deferred at, and if I can't reach my local lodge, I'd like to call the district person directly. </p>

<p>I felt like this was one of the scholarships I had the greatest chance of advancing in...I really really need the money. My application showed that I needed aid, I had a 1530 SAT score (that's high enough right? or are they like the presidential scholar program in that they only consider 1580-1600?), I do lots of community service/extracurriculars, and hold a lot of leadership positions. My essay was pretty good, and I'm sure my recs were fine...</p>

<p>I'm getting extremely discouraged...I've applied to about 13 scholarships so far and haven't heard back from anyone yet (though most have a late Feb./early Mar. notification date). </p>

<p>Grrrr</p>

<p>I advanced to the state with a 1360 SAT score, 800Physics/780math IIC/710 writing SAT II's, and rank top 1%... (4/400).. I am also in a rural area, so that may make it less competitve.</p>

<p>1530 is definitely high enough...</p>

<p>I made it past the lodge section, but I don't think anyone's moved past districts yet--they haven't officially finished judging yet.</p>

<p>yea htey have, i got my letter in the mail.. the judging was done a week ago friday</p>

<p>Hmm..still nothing yet....this could be bad. I guess I'll have to wait until Monday</p>

<p>Don't worry too much. I called because I hadn't recieved anything and the scholarship coordinator said that he had just been busy and that he hadn't been able to send the letters out yet. He said he would try to get them out as soon as he could. This scenario could be playing out in other districts etc.</p>