<p>Didn't see any threads for this one yet, so I figured I'd make one. We should be finding out within the next week about finalist standing. Who else has applied and is waiting to hear back?</p>
<p>I am! I heard that they don’t even email rejections, which kind of sucks.</p>
<p>BUT the website says late- MARCH???</p>
<p>People last year started hearing back around march 3rd.</p>
<p>My D heard today that she is a provisional recipient of $ 1000.00 scholarship.</p>
<p>did yo hear by email or regular mail</p>
<p>I heard today by email. Provisional recipient.</p>
<p>I’m a little worried though…I think I put my weighted GPA on my application and I hope they don’t look at it like I was lying when they see both my weighted and unweighted. Any thoughts on this?</p>
<p>Does the congratulations email automatically mean you get $1000? I know that you still have to send in your publicity release, transcript, and community service/work verification, but as long as that goes over ok does that mean you get $1000?</p>
<p>Or is that we’re just finalists and still up in the air if we’ll receive the $1000?</p>
<p>^ I think as long as you send everything in complete by the deadline, you will get the $1000 scholarship. My D won this last year, she submitted everything, and they sent the check to our house, but it is made out to the university. Congrats to the winners!</p>
<p>how many service hours did you guys have?</p>
<p>Now I am super nervous. It does say at the Best Buy @15 website that finalists are notified early March for more info…does it all happen on one day? As in, if we weren’t notified today, is it game over? Or does it happen more in waves?</p>
<p>I was notified today of my finalist status. I had approximately 750 hours.</p>
<p>I Was notified also!</p>
<p>Just notified as well. So happy to receive some sort of scholarship aid =]</p>
<p>Should I assume that with my paltry 100 hours of service I won,t be chosen for this?</p>
<p>Yeah I think I only had 275-ish hours…is it game over for me?</p>
<p>i think i had 600 hours listed.</p>
<p>oh well. from what i remember, all the finalists are notified in an email sent to them ALL at the same time.</p>
<p>not sure if one of the posters above was saying she JUST found out or if she just checked her email.</p>
<p>When you fill out other scholarships that ask you what other funds you received already, are you listing Best Buy?</p>
<p>I mean, we never technically have received any funds?</p>
<p>The email makes it sound like as long as we send in those papers that we’ll receive the $1000 and as long as we meet eligibility requirements (which I’m assuming is just verifying everything we self-reported online).</p>
<p>Didn’t receive an email… So I’m assuming I didn’t get it (550 hours of service)… Oh well I guess it’s 0 for 3 now</p>
<p>My friend won it last year and from what I understand, if you are finalist, you are going to get the $1000 - unless you lied about your grades and number or hours or something.</p>