Has anyone heard back?
No not yet. I think they will start announcing the winners in January.
We just received email that S19 has advanced to the District level.
Was not selected. Good luck everyone!
I was selected! wow! first actual semi-W of the college app season!
S17 has advanced to District level. Email said State level will be announced on Jan 18. Good luck everyone!
I was notified that I advanced to the district level and the next round of cuts will be on Jan 18. Good luck to everyone on this next level!!!
Does anyone know how many students advance to state from each district?
I got to districts! Do the amount of people who make it to states vary by state?
My kid actually got several thousand dollars in total from local and district level. It seemed to me that national winners were based on the need more. Not sure. It’s hard for those with financial ability to full pay to get any outside money, but my kid did get several thousands from Elks and local library merit scholarship. Lol
Do you receive an email if you weren’t selected?
^^^would like to know as well. I have gotten nothing from Elks in my inbox/spam
We received the following reply from Elks. “All MVS applicants were notified of their application’s status on Friday, January 4, 2019. All applicants received an email–whether they moved on to the next round of judging or not. Applicants should check their spam or junk folder for this email. If it appears you did not receive this email, please contact ISTS at ElksMVS@applyISTS.com or call 877-661-1205.”
Thank you @“WFU#2023” ! If not for you, I wouldn’t have found our that our DS moved on to the next round. Many thanks!
You’re very welcome @SCMomofTwo and congrats! Good luck!
Has anyone seen the state application on their portal?
@nicholpickle I just received it tonight.
Yep, I didn’t get an email, but when I logged in there it was! State Finalist!
@jn0002 If there is no state finalist application listed under my account, should I just assume I did not advance?
@sallymoe230 don’t worry! last year, my friend didn’t get the early update and simply received the email that notified her of the elks award. As long as we receive an email, it should be okay!