I missed the Priority Deadline---How badly will this affect me?

Paying for College
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Hello,

This was for the U of Minnesota CLA (College of Liberal Arts) Scholarship Application. This app makes one eligible for a long list of scholarships affiliated with the CLA. I missed the priority deadline of Friday, Jan 13. I submitted it on Sunday, Jan 15.

As the site states, “Applications completed after January 13, 2017 will be considered on a funds-available basis only.”

I am not too familiar with how scholarships are tracked/assessed, exactly. My question is: how badly will this affect me? How do they record/track applications and submission dates? Will this ruin my chances of getting some good scholarships? I only submitted it two days late, on a Sunday. I’m assuming they have some kind of electronic date-checker tool to sort the applications into pre/post priority deadline groups, but that’s only speculation on my part.

Other than the late date, I think my application is quality, for the record. I received the Presidential Scholarship of $5,000 each year for 4 years. I had a weighted GPA of above 4.0 and an ACT of 33. I’m also rural/farm background, interested in studying abroad, and interested in fine arts, all of which were options you could check off on the form.

I’m trying not to worry about it, and I’m thinking about calling them on Tuesday to ask how this will affect my application, but I’d also like to post here just to get some feedback.

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I think there is a reason for deadlines. They want to have a cut off, consider all those applications received, and make the awards. As it says, they will consider other applications if they have funds left.

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Thanks for your response. Does anyone know if there’s any chance I can still get some scholarships? I feel like I threw my best opportunity away.

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No one here probably can tell you. You need to contact them. Is there some good reason (other than just losing track) that you missed the deadline?

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@intparent Sorry, I understand I will have to contact them to clarify. And no, this was merely the result of a lack of organization and some confusion. It happens. I’ll just have to contact them this Tuesday.

A friend who worked in an office at the U mentioned they just print out stacks of applications (This was for a grad program) after a certain date, so mine might be grouped in with the bunch. Still, I doubt it.

Either way I’ll just have to live and learn. sigh.

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You might post on the U Minn page. Maybe someone else did the same think in prior years and can tell you that the deadline wasn’t firm or that it was firm but he still got $XXX.

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Thanks, I already have some good opportunities, and the U of MN is good at helping their students, so I’m sure there will be no problem. I just need to watch out more in the future. Haha, lesson learned.