@Southern5062 S is experiencing a delay on his transcript as well. I called ISTS just now, and they said to go ahead and wait for another day rather than deleting and starting over with another upload because the deadline is so close. I guess we’ll go with that for another day…
@czechman I called also. They told me that as long as it was submiited before the deadline, they will count it and that it isn’tunusual that it is still processing. My fear is that the ‘status’ on their main page still shows that my application was 'Started" but is not reading “Submitted” - so how are they going to know to go in and look at the date of my upload… they’re just going to think I never finished submitting it! Hoping it changes.
Has anyone from Illinois received a rejection e-mail yet?
D had same issue. ACT & Transcript were accepted right away, but SAR said “Processing” for 6 days. Finally shows “Accepted” and “Submitted”
Does anyone know if there is a way to tell how many students advanced to states?
Wait so is it okay that our application status is “Started” even if we have submitted our application by the 31st?
@lizardthicket112 I assume you have one of your attachments that is still ‘processing’ - correct? When I called the company that administers the scholarship (ISTS),. they told me that it would be ok. (I asked that exact question… what it if is reading "Started " on the 31st? I downloaded my transcript on Friday 26th and it is still ‘processing’ and my application only shows "started’. She said they will see the date you started downloading it. (I actually did get an email saying I had ‘submitted it’ but the status just hasn’t changed.) But how will they know to ‘look for that’? I can’t help but think it will just show that I didn’t finish m application and I will get dropped from the competition. It’s been almost 5 days since it began processing!
@Southern5062 Exactly. How do we know if it is processing again? Just if we have submitted the application, and it still says that it is “started”?
@lizardthicket112 When I go back into the appliation, I can see my three attachments. Two are downloarded and the Transcript still shows ‘processing’. I didn’t send "Save / Submit’ again because I figured the process may just start over. I just viewed it and signed out. But it really does concern me.
@Southern5062 Hm, mine only has a column that says the time the documents were uploaded…
Southern5062 - I think it will be ok. We ran into the same type of thing. Two of our items showed accepted or complete (I can’t remember which word) and the SAR Report said processing. This was about 10 days after it was submitted. Anyways, we ended up deleting the SAR and uploading it again. Then I called the Elks Foundation and I was given the number for ISTS. I looked today and its all been accepted, but they did reassure me that if you uploaded your docs before the deadline and anything was rejected after that, then you would not be disqualified if you quickly (a few days) got the new doc in. They said they would email you and let you know what is wrong (maybe not pdf) and to resubmit. I think if this happens to anyone then they will be fine. PLEASE CHECK YOU EMAIL AND APP EVERY DAY until it shows complete. You’d hate to have your child do all this work and miss the email or something.
On a side note – I don’t think my DD will progress past State because they only take 7 or 8 girls from CO, but I am BEYOND impressed with the experience and getting to know more about Elks. Today I called our local Elks lodge to see if they offer any scholarships for making it this far or a separate app for a scholarship. The lady who could help me wasn’t in today, but the lady I did talk to was a doll. Then, like I mentioned above, I had to call the Elks Foundation and the young lady there was amazing and sweet. Finally, I had to call ISTS and they were equally as nice and helpful. Wow! Even if DD doesn’t get any money (which will probably be the case), the experience was enjoyable and exciting as she made a few rounds of advancements and she learned a lot when filling out the app. It has truly been a pleasure and I feel we are already Elks winners just by the process and the people involved!
By the way, they said it usually take 5-7 days to review something so weekends and holidays don’t count, that’s why ours was 10 days. Just an fyi.
@comomma, that makes me feel much better. Thank you!
You’re welcome Southern5062. Please have your child check their email (spam too) and check the app everyday until it closes. Please keep us updated if it all works out ok?
I made it to the finals for 2017. Let me know if you guys have any questions about the scholarship or application process. Good luck!
Wow, congratulations StevenD4242! Just a reminder everyone to make sure your docs are upload by tonight’s deadline and good luck to everyone.
@StevenD4242 Congratulations and thanks for jumping in this thread! Would you happen to be willing to share your stats, or even general stats that you remember from other finalists last year? It’s always interesting to know what it takes to make it to finals!
I resubmitted and emailed, it was submitted thanks
I know I’m late to this thread, but I was selected to move onto state from NM! Submitted my stuff and have my fingers crossed until March 2nd!
@celara55 Welcome and congratulations!