Application process

The scholarship just opened 16 days ago, and I already submitted my application. Is it better to submit your application early? Or It doesn’t matter at all?
Also, for the application, it asked for my community service hours for for senior year. and school hasn’t started so should I just leave it blank?

At least for last year, you could go back and update your application until the deadline. I would do that. Submitting early (and not updating, if that’s a possibility) is a big mistake. You need any and all possible accomplishments listed.

I have been wondering about the second part to this question too… Since senior year has just started, do I leave the senior year hours blank or should I put an estimate?

Estimate.

You can only include the hours completed by 10/31