Do you HAVE to apply for college-specific scholarships by Feb. 20, or is this just for priority?

I know this sounds like an excuse, but there have been a lot of domestic/family problems in my house during the last month. (I prefer not to go into details) It’s been very difficult to focus on my school work alone, and I haven’t had any time to work on my college-specific scholarship application. Is this my only opportunity to submit it, or is this only the priority deadline? I already submitted my general application, which is better than nothing, but I definitely won’t have time to finish this one.

I read March 1 as the priority date for scholarships. So I submitted my application on the 28th.

Same here, any news from their side ? We have not heard back.