I’ve yet to receive anything either
@ARousseau @FinishingTheApp gotcha, its only been a few weeks, so I’m sure its still early in the process
Hello everyone just wanted to inform you that the follow-up emails have been sent out. Please remember to check your emails and good luck!!! ???
They request for us to do a CSS Profile form and submit our current transcript alongside any college accepts letters by February 22, 2019, at 5 pm ET.
@Jnavas thanks for the update! I haven’t received an email yet…So I didn’t realize you could make an account with the JKCF, I just made one but my application isn’t linked to it. Would that be an issue?
No e-mail, so it looks like my trip with JKCF ends here. Good luck to everyone!
Does anyone know if a person who received the JKCF repeated a class in the past?
@ARousseau Me neither. There’s still a chance that they are sending them in waves. However, I’m sure you’re off to great things no matter the outcome!
@FinishingTheApp Have you actually ever seen them send notices out in waves? If what @Jnavas is saying is correct about the Feb 22 cutoff date, then I think it would be highly unlikely there’d be a delay in notification. I’m happy that I achieved my goal of making semi-finalist, but I can’t help but think how much this scholarship would’ve helped me. I probably should have written more about being poor when younger and its connection to my life now, but I focused more on current hardships. JKCF is looking for something specific in its applicants that I failed to show them, and that’s my failing since I know that quality was there.
This post is not a poor me post, but the mission of the JKCF and certain obstacles I’ve been facing when applying to schools recently has been making me think about the chances of my success when I know the statistics of those who come from my background. I’m positive that I will do well in life, but there’s always the problem of not being able to realize potential. That’s what I struggle with in all this, and maybe others on this thread might understand, as well. For those who are at risk because of finances, lack of support, lack of educational resources, etc, just being able to achieve a decent GPA is hard. I know that the JKCF wants people who have a certain GPA in spite of hardships, but I always wonder about those who will never be seen because they haven’t excelled “enough”.
Just a thought. I don’t think any of us wants to be another statistic, but I also want to achieve my potential. The realization that one might just have to settle for the in-between because they’re at that much of a disadvantage is a hard thing to deal with. Some lost opportunity can’t be made up, you know?
@ARousseau I know exactly what you mean. I went into this a second time hoping to win, and it’s rather disappointing . I might honestly not even finish school. I don’t see the point sometimes in going to a school that won’t really challenge me at the level I need/not offer me the funding I need. I graduated Summa from my CC, and that’s something I’m very proud of.
I guess it’s a bit different for me since I don’t really need a degree to succeed in my field,but I always remember something. My mother couldn’t afford college in her country and moved here so my I could get a good education, so I could go to college. So education has always been something I put so much value in. I have auditioned for some of the best music and theatre schools the past 4 years and have never had a problem getting in despite so many factors stacked against me. It’s always the money. That’s always been the one thing that’s been keeping me from finishing school.
I guess what I’m trying to say is that the same thing that kept my mother from going to school is the same thing that’s keeping me from doing so, and that’s rather tragic.
This obviously is more of a rant, but a needed one haha. I will still strive for excellence, and despite this I still have set goals I know I will accomplish. And this whole thing has really given me more drive to get myself to place where I can maybe even help people in positions like ours. That to me is greater than anything any amount of money can buy.
I had a withdrawal but it was done by the professor. I came in as an international student and classes already were 6 weeks ahead. In order for me to be considered as full-time I had to enrolled any class willing to accept me. I got into a class whereby they already took 2 exams and I couldn’t catch up. The professor withdrew me from the class and I took it the next semester. @Jnavas
@Jnavas I had repeated a class!
@ARousseau It’s not over until it’s over. With that being said, I know a current scholar who was rejected the first time, and applied again and was accepted. So just keep that in mind as you move forward,
@zoonbhrogers Thanks for the encouragement! But I’m transferring after this semester, so, as far as I can tell, there’s no way for me to apply again at a later date.
@ARousseau and @FinishingTheApp Please don’t get discouraged, it could just be that they have what they need from you already? You are both spectacular candidates not just for Cooke but for higher education in general. This journey is hard and we all feel beaten sometimes, but feeling beaten isn’t being beaten.
Students like ourselves have to do this thing, even if it is just to be a voice in the classroom that offers a different perspective, or to bring our families up with us or to create the representation we wish to see in the university environment.
Whatever motivated you before is there with or without Cooke, and even your JKCF journey isn’t over yet.
We can do this thing together!
I can’t wait until the final decisions do come out and we can settle how wrong that myth is once and for all lmao
Be sure to make it clear in your post later on so future semi-finalists can see it too.
I have not received the follow-up e-mail that @Jnavas mentions. Does this for sure mean that I have been eliminated from the drawing and chance at finalist? @AGoodFloridian what is your take on this?
@Ilovewinter1998 I don’t think it means you have lost your chance at finalist at all. One of the other semi-finalists mentioned in conversation recently that she had seen people on the older threads win without the update. I keep meaning to go and look but I haven’t done it yet. Don’t give up hope yet, keep doing what you’re doing - I don’t believe it is over until the JKCF let us know.
I’ve looked at older threads, and I wish there was a clear post made that the update e-mail isn’t needed to be a finalist. @AGoodFloridian is correct that that is needed.
Also, I noticed how lively last year’s thread was! This thread needs some energy! Haha!
To any person reading this as an observer, come join the thread!
Just got an email from Cornell that they got my name from the JKCF, is that for semi-finalists or finalists too?