It’ll depend on your school. If yours allows you to stack money (rare-ish), then yes it’ll get applied to something. Otherwise, in the event of a full ride from the school, all outside money just gets absorbed.
My school does allow stacking. I also deferred Coke and GE-Reagan to grad school.
@CourtneyThurston You are the queen of scholarships! A true inspiration to all.
Thanks 
That’s awesome @CourtneyThurston, do schools list their “stacking” policy anywhere or is there a list of schools somewhere? Will our schools tell us if we call them?
Yeah just call
Thank you for making this post! Do you have any advice on how to tell if an essay scholarship is worthwhile (like the ones you find on Fastweb or Cappex)? Like is there a word count that just makes it not worth the time in your opinion, or certain ones that are scams?
You must be a very competitive applicant to have won those kinds of national scholarships. What kinds of extracurricular were you in? Grades? Test scores? Trying to figure out how to be a competitive applicant myself.
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Extracurriculars, just google my name & click the website. PIA to list out on here.
Gpa was 4.0 UW, test scores were 96-97%
There are hardly any scholarships for International Students anywhere! This is so disappointing 
Just curious, why did you end up picking Embry Riddle U?
It’s an amazing school. Highly ranked for engineering not that rankings really matter much, lots of research support, lots of conference funding, etc.
@CourtneyThurston How does automatic scholarship scoring/grading/evaluation work? Also, thank you so much for all the advice that you give out!
This is my first ever post to CC. My daughter is a finalist for the GE Reagan Foundation Scholarship. She desperately needs this scholarship to be able to her first choice college, which she has already been accepted to because it is simply out of our financial reach. Attending this college would give her opportunities not present in her other possibilities. What sort of advice or recommendations can you give to prepare for her interview, should she be granted one.
Yes, interview tips would be awesome!
@gablesfairy - GE Reagan Scholarship sent out the email to Finalists re: interview requests tonight at 5:00 pm PST / 8:00 pm EST. I was fortunate to be asked for an interview. I hope the same is true for your daughter!
@univbound101 Unfortunately I can’t say for sure since I don’t work for Scholarship America or any of the organizations that actually do auto-scoring. For a vague idea, google the Elks MVS scoring pamphlet. It lays out exactly how many points you get in that competition for a certain SAT score, certain gross income, etc etc etc.
@Southern5062 @TheatreGeek007 @gablesfairy Pretty standard interview advice, honestly; I trust y’all already know there’s no magic bullet for these kinds of things. Be yourself if yourself is approachable, excited, and articulate; if that’s not yourself, be that. I tend to be pretty quiet in general, but you bet I turn it on for interviews, even if I’m exhausted afterwards. Y’know: say hello and smile, ask them how their day is going in a way that doesn’t just sound like a formality, etc. Be genuinely interested in what they have to say, who they are as a person, etc.
[I think] the worst interviews are the ones where the kids are too uptight (or nervous) to smile/laugh/etc. You need to drop your guard a tiny bit; they want to see you as a person (or at least what interpersonal skills you can offer).
Otherwise, again, standard scholarship stuff: they already know what you’ve done, so reiterate the top accomplishments in your answers to their questions, but put an emphasis on what you can do for the foundation, for this years’ cohort, etc. SO many kids focus on stuff like, “Well I want to be in the program because I know it’s very prestigious and it’s an honor to be included…”
DON’T. Do. that.
That goes for any scholarship.
They already know they’re great, they don’t need to hear it from you. It’s kind of annoying.
Instead, a better way of saying the same thing is like, “I know GE-Reagan Scholars have a responsibility to lead, and I’d be so excited to learn from the other scholars and their journeys at the summit, and contribute my own lessons learned from X, Y, Z activities that I’ve done.”
That actually says something about you and your value added AND that the scholarship is going to be a good investment in you (i.e. you’re going to take it and run with it).
Only specific piece of advice is cite a (non-cliche) Reagan quality and/or action taken as president and tie it to one of your own experiences as an inspiration or parallel. Don’t be super obvious about it though; I just made a comment in passing about my UAS research and how Reagan tried to further research and/or national security. (I.e. don’t kiss butt)
Thank you so much for that input on interviewing! Those are all great tips!
Yes…thank you for responding. Good advice!