If your portal didn’t update have no fear! Neither mine nor my friend’s updated during the state round and still made it through! Have hope fellow wanderers of the nerveracking world of scholarships!
Admitted for CA!!!
Congrats @ccmem3000 & @Kelvin82
As others receive word, please post your state! So far we’ve got notifications in CA & MA. Still waiting in Missouri.
Nothing in NJ yet.
I got notification on my portal for Texas.
@univbound101 that you won?
My D got the notification in Florida.
@mweb136 notification that she is a national semifinalist with a link to the application.
congrats @caspiancat !
S made it to the next round, from Wisconsin.
Nothing from SC yet 
Got in!!! I’m from Ohio.
"Welcome to the Elks Family!
Congratulations on becoming a National Semi-Finalist in the Elks National Foundation 2018 Most Valuable Student Scholarship contest! You have been recognized as one of the top students across the country, and you will receive at least a $4,000 scholarship to be disbursed over four years. You are now an Elks scholar, and we welcome you to the Elks family!
Only 20 of the 501 MVS National Semi-Finalists will be selected to attend the MVS Leadership Weekend in Chicago. To be considered for a top scholarship and for the chance to attend the Leadership Weekend you must: […]"
Has anyone received rejection letters from any of those states?
Congratulations everyone!
Congrats to everyone who’s in so far!
Still nothing here. Last year, the emails went out between 1 and 2 pm Pacific time. No clue if that’s when they’ll come this time or not.
I think rejection letters went out later than that, but I’s have to reread last year’s thread to be sure.
so everyone who has received notifications just checked the portal? No letters have gone out yet?
Made it to next round in MN. And no email received… just the portal update.
Did anyone from PA hear anything back?
Well, this is a bummer. My student had the national semifinalist application in his portal just after midnight, so we thought he advanced. When we logged in this morning, it was gone. :((
Oh no! Don’t give up hope just yet. We haven’t gotten the emails yet, so maybe it will be back.
Us, well, S is an awesome kid, but his application has a few weaknesses so I’ve been thinking he’s only got maybe a 50-50 shot at this round.
We’ll know later today. Hang in there everyone!