Called the Honors College office - they told me they sent the decision letters out today 
Thank you. So we won’t hear until Monday or so. More waiting, waiting… D can’t make a decision until she gets this decision. sigh
In that case-good luck everyone!!
Waiting for mail to come, for anyone else hearing today, good luck!
Hey everyone – Online it says financial aid information (including merit scholarships) will be posted online by April 1 so you may not need to worry about waiting for the mail
The Banneker Key awards are shown on the financial aid information.
Does anyone else’s financial aid application still say its under review?
The Banneker Key Scholarship amount should show up under the “Awards” link.
It still says
- We are in the process of reviewing your file. Your financial aid will be evaluated and determined upon completion of review of your file.
As the Office of Student Financial Aid (OSFA) processes your FAFSA, additional information may be needed. Please check for additional required documents under the Documents option, above.
When all required documentation has been completed and accepted, OSFA will create a Budget and a Package of your Awards.
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OH nevermind I figured it out lol
Hey everyone, I’m an OOS BK Semifinalist and I just checked my UMD financial aid portal. It’s showing me the partial BK award (~13k) but also says that my financial aid file isn’t complete. Does that mean I was turned down for the full BK award!?
mine still says that same thing… what did you figure out?
The full would show about 23k as an award.
@AnimeMango Is that what you saw on your financial aid portal? Because I thought UMD doesn’t update the portal with your final full or partial award until later.
I received the full scholarship; under the awards tab it said “$46k” for the 2017-2018 year. I believe a formal letter should arrive by Monday for all semi finalists.
@flamejuggler I believe that means you are Out of state then?
@pranav23 Yes that is what I saw on my portal. For in state kids, full means about 23k. For out of state it’s about 46k. I think the official notifications come in the mail soon but the online portal is already updated. But when I first log in, it does say my package is still under review, but under the Awards tab, the scholarship is already there.
Yes, I’m out of state from New Jersey.
Do y’all know how to activate a University ID without the last five digits of your SSN? I’ve tried that but there are “no matches” and I think it’s because I never supplied my SSN on the undergraduate application.
Im no expert, but i believe if you didn’t use your SSN in your application then you need to retrieve your assigned SID. I found this page, scroll down to SID. https://globalmaryland.umd.edu/offices/international-students-scholar-services/new-students-your-sid-and-uid