I know they were supposed to go out sometime this Summer…has anyone heard anything?
HSF notifies winners, waitlisted people, and those who didn’t make the cut so you’ll hear as long as your application was submitted.
My DD has received it the past two years and has not heard anything yet. HSF has a small staff and the numbers of applicants is increasing so there may be a delay.
I contacted them and they said all applicants will be notified by the end of July, just in case anyone is still wondering.
The notifications are out. At least the wait list ones are.
@Lovenetc My DD about two hours ago received an email from HSF that she was awarded a scholarship for the upcoming school year. This is her third year being awarded a scholarship. The email said she would receive between $500 and $5K and the amount would be determined after she completes some forms and sends some information to HSF.
So it looks like both the scholarship winners and the waitlisted applicants have been notified. Good luck to you.
@itsv Whoot Whoot! Congrats to your daughter!!! 
I still haven’t received an email, so I guess that’s not a good sign. 
But yesterday I was flying all day so maybe I’ve missed a few notifications.
Got my email.
…And?
Usually OPs will mention it if they were awarded. Sorry OP Outside scholarships are very competitive. It’s not a reflection on you.
@Lovenetc Thank you for your good wishes. I (the parent) received the HSF scholarship six times (undergrad and law school) back in the day when HSF first started so it is nice to see them giving it to the second generation of our family. The unfortunate thing is that HSF is receiving a ton of scholarship applications for it and simply does not have enough money to award scholarships to all the qualified students who need them. I attended the HSF Scholars Celebration last year with my DD and if my memory is correct HSF said they received something like 10K in applications for the 600-700 scholarships they are able to award.
Be sure to look at my post about HSF in the Hispanic forum on CC that I posted yesterday. There are a lot of resources there. Be sure to join the Hispanic Heritage Foundation’s L.O.F.T. program. If I remember correctly, you applied to 100’s of scholarships. I would advise you to apply to no more than 20 in the future but do a really good job on those 20 and focus on scholarships for your major or being an underserved student. Private scholarships are “hard” money to get, but being a Latina with good grades I do think it is possible to at least get a couple of them. Do not give up hope once in college. It has been my DD’s experience that in college she receives notices from her college’s “Office of Minority Affairs” about additional scholarships and opportunities. See if there is a similar office at ASU and sign up for their programs. I did a quick search and found this, but I don’t know if it relevant. https://eoss.asu.edu/hmdp/university-program Through my DD’s OMED office at her college, she has a mentor, receives additional free tutoring, scholarships etc.
I am super busy right now, but if you contact me in a month, I would be happy to look over the scholarship applications that you did do for hsf to see if there is any areas of improvement for next year.
Applying to hundreds of scholarships is the right approach, if you’re going to apply to them to begin with. Most scholarships are repetitive; you can recycle very high quality essays for many of the national programs.
@CourtneyThurston I know that approach worked for you which is great, but I disagree with you. My DD applies to about 10-12 private scholarships every year and gets about 4-6 of them getting between $10-14K a year which makes her college affordable for our family. She just received most her awards for her junior year (waiting on 3 more announcements) so this approach has worked for her for three years now. Sometimes applying to less, but doing a really good job on them is equally as fruitful as applying to 100’s. It is also a lot less demoralizing to a student to receive less than 10 rejections from scholarships than 100’s.
I do agree with you that some scholarships are repetitive and you can recycle essays and applications. However applying to “hundreds of scholarships” takes a lot of time that many students may not be able to afford and still keep their studies up while a high school year or in college.
P.S. My DD is in NCWIT with you so I am familiar with you and your background which is very unique.
Different strokes for different folks. I’ve found through my own experience and through my consulting work that quantity matters – a lot.
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@CourtneyThurston Although I know your viewpoint is that private scholarships especially national ones go to students with very high financial need, I have to disagree on that point too. Our EFC is between 50-53K a year, yet my DD continues to be awarded these private scholarships. I agree my DD is very lucky and that there is something about her and her application that the scholarship organizations find attractive. The best merit money does come directly from colleges, but there are some students where the best merit money comes from private scholarships and fortunately my DD is one of them.
It is an objective fact that most national scholarships have a substantial need component. I have never said “very high financial need” – in fact, I did not have very high financial need.
Your daughter sounds like the exception, not the rule. But congrats on your luck and success.
@CourtneyThurston I have been doing private college counseling for 7 years for with a specialty on middle class, underserved and/or STEM students, plus I have gone through 9 years of college and applying for my own children so I think I have a bit more experience than you since if I recall correctly you just completed your freshman year. I have helped over 200 students apply to college and I am proud to say all of my students have ended up at a college affordable for them.
One thing that is important to remember is that rejection is tough on a student and receiving 100’s of private scholarship rejections is a tough way to start college. I have my students focus on merit money from colleges and apply to just 5 private scholarships. If they don’t "hit’ within those five applications then I tell them it is time to move on from private scholarships.
Like you said, we can agree to disagree. I just don’t want posters on CC to think that only high financial need students who apply to 100’s of private scholarships with very high stats are the only ones who are awarded them. Sometimes other students win private scholarships too.
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Never said they don’t. In fact, in my own advice threads, I have emphasized that.
Best of luck to you.
EDIT: Side note – I guided 315 students through the outside scholarship process in the last year alone. I keep a spreadsheet. But there is certainly space for many experienced consultants with different application philosophies. And I wish you the best of luck in your own efforts.