<p>I received a finalist notification a few days ago! Going to send everything ASAP! Congrats you guys!</p>
<p>For those who asked about son's stats, you will be surprised (because they certainly aren't the norm for people on this board). We live in a small rural town and there were 30 kids in his class. He ranked third. Our school didn't offer any AP's -- he took the most rigorous classes that were available here and supplemented with a few online courses. GPA 3.96 ACT was a 28 (he didn't take again to try to score higher since he was already accepted to the state school of his choice and had received a scholarship from them.)</p>
<p>His stated goal was to become a high school math teacher/coach. He has a multitude of athletic awards (all-state and all-state academic in a few sports). The community service which I believe helped him the most was that he had been a Peer Tutor for three years and had been a teacher's assistant in the high school algebra classrooms his senior year. He was also involved with National Honor Society, Church Youth Group, Spring Play, Class Officer, Homecoming King, Prom Committee, Boys County, and so forth. </p>
<p>I guess the biggest message I would say to all of you is to keep trying for a variety of scholarships. There is a niche out there for everyone. Some scholarships are going to award the 4.0 kids or ACT scores of 36 (or similar SAT's), but others are looking for different types of kids. My son was immensely involved with his high school activities. Something must have been the right combination on his applications because he received more than $36,000 in scholarships (which is substantial since that pays three years of his college.) Factoring in the additional financial aid he has received, I anticipate he will graduate debt-free.</p>
<p>Has anyone from Houston Texas or Texas for that matter received notification that they were a finalist?</p>
<p>How about California??</p>
<p>It depressed me when I found out that someone in my second period English class got the Best Buy Scholarship (at the location I had applied too..) -_- I don't think further emails are going to be sent out</p>
<p>flowerjg08.. i'm from california.. sacramento area. i heard and so did one of my friends from school.</p>
<p>What do they mean by "relationship to applicant" on the community service verification form?</p>
<p>Some examples of "relationship to applicant" may include Youth Group Advisor, Pastor, Teacher, Coach, Director, etc. It means in what capacity the person verifying your community service knows you. In other cases, as I'm sure you are aware, relationship to applicant refers to things such as Mother/Father/Aunt/Uncle etc., but that's not what they are looking for as far the community service references.</p>
<p>hey! i was choosen as a finalist too!! well semi-finalist is how they said it....im on SB so i had to get all my stuff in the day before i left...i ran around town for all my recc's...haha...so do they actually look at those? it seems like they would almost already have their minds set on who they would give it too....</p>
<p>so are they done notifying semi finalists?? or are there still being sent out??</p>
<p>I think they are done notifying finalists seeing how I received my notifications three weeks ago. When will they notify the winners?</p>
<p>Dropped my D's forms in the mail today. Now we just wait.......Good luck to everyone! Anyone ever figure out how many finalists there were?</p>
<p>if we never recieved notification, does that mean we didn't get it...</p>
<p>I wasn't notified either...</p>
<p>Here is the email address & name of the Program Manager if this helps. I wish I had more info to pass along to you.....waiting and wondering is so dang hard!!!</p>
<p>If you have any questions on completion of required forms, contact me at <a href="mailto:bestbuy@scholarshipamerica.org">bestbuy@scholarshipamerica.org</a>. Do not contact your local Best Buy store; Best Buy employees will not be able to assist you. </p>
<p>Sincerely,
Sharon Sykora
Program Manager
Scholarship Management Services</p>
<p>I haven't been notified either has anyone tried contacting them?</p>
<p>I emailed them hopefully I'll hear back soon :)</p>
<p>I spoke with S. Skora @ Scholarship America on yesterday. She said all winners will be posted online May 12th on Best Buy's website.</p>
<p>Good Luck All</p>
<p>Thanks for the info. mypatty. Good luck to everyone else as well!</p>
<p>anyone get any type of confirmation stating that they received your transcript and forms. and all of that, for semi-final status.</p>