note: I copied this from my post I made in the Financial Aid forum. If anyone here missed the deadline but still got a scholarship, please let me know! I’ll call them soon anyway.
Hello,
This was for the U of Minnesota CLA (College of Liberal Arts) Scholarship Application. This app makes one eligible for a long list of scholarships affiliated with the CLA. I missed the priority deadline of Friday, Jan 13. I submitted it on Sunday, Jan 15.
As the site states, “Applications completed after January 13, 2017 will be considered on a funds-available basis only.”
I am not too familiar with how scholarships are tracked/assessed, exactly. My question is: how badly will this affect me? How do they record/track applications and submission dates? Will this ruin my chances of getting some good scholarships? I only submitted it two days late, on a Sunday. I’m assuming they have some kind of electronic date-checker tool to sort the applications into pre/post priority deadline groups, but that’s only speculation on my part.
Other than the late date, I think my application is quality, for the record. I received the Presidential Scholarship of $5,000 each year for 4 years. I had a weighted GPA of above 4.0 and an ACT of 33. I’m also rural/farm background, interested in studying abroad, and interested in fine arts, all of which were options you could check off on the form.
I’m trying not to worry about it, and I’m thinking about calling them on Tuesday to ask how this will affect my application, but I’d also like to post here just to get some feedback.