Florida Opportunity Scholarship Results

Hey guys,
I know that some people got the result the same time thier Awards were give. Today I checked mine and there was lots of loan. Do you see FOS Scholarship in your award? Did you request for loans when they asked you?

Hey, I checked my financial aid package and I also got a lot of loans. I did not see any MFOS Scholarship in my awards and I did request to be considered for loans. Did the people specifically have the MFOS Scholarship listed because I emailed a financial aid advisor and she replied that they would start making decisions after April 15th.

Thanks for making that clear. They had done that differently the previous years.

I’m glad to see that I’m not the only person worrying about this. I’ve been reading the old threads for it like crazy, counting the days between the initial submission of the supplemental form and the actual awarding of the scholarship.

My supplemental form was received on 2/23 and accepted on 3/4. When did you guys send yours out?

It worries me that they are waiting until after April 15th to make decisions since we have to commit to schools by May 1. UF is my top school but I do not want to take out 10k in loans!

I sent mine in 2/28 by mail and they got it by 3/4 and accepted 3/9. No body wants loans. So far they gave me 10k loans.

Did you guys request loans ?

My supplemental form was received 2/23 and accepted on 2/24. The financial aid advisor also replied that hopefully students would be notified before May 1st. I’m sure we will be notified before because we sent in the supplemental forms earlier than last year.

Is the scholarship really based on first come first serve? Because I sent mine in on 3/26 and it just got accepted on 4/9 ://// This would be such a great opportunity. Do you think I will not get it because I submitted it so late?

I believe they said they will start reviewing the applications on April 15th

I called Patrick McGonigle and he told me that they will be notifying winners of the MFOS scholarship between tomorrow (the 16th) and Mat 1st. I don’t know if he meant that after May 1st nobody else would be notified or what? Someone else should call and verify!

Good Luck All!

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Mine was received on April 14. Does anyone know if that means my application is considered late?

As long as it was recieved on/before April 15th, you should be fine.

If they said they will notify winners after 16 then was anyone notified ?

That’s what I’m wondering too. Also, on the Isis aid status, MFOS has received, accepted and returned categories. What does the returned date mean?

Mine updated today! Says:

You must complete and return the 2015-16 Machen Florida Opportunity Scholars Eligibility Certification stating you understand the requirements and criteria of the scholarship in order for us to make a final determination of your eligiblity. See Required Information below.

There’s a link to the certification but when I click on it, it says it is invalid? I found a thread from 5 years ago that said they’re suppose to mail it to you and you fax it in.

I checked it yesterday night, but today the status changed. I cant click the link too. I think you are right about the certification being mailed to us.

I read that if you receive the certification status then it means that you’ve been selected for the scholarship but I’m not sure, I hope its true.

In Certification you are accepting the award… When did you submit your supplement forms?