@Kmag22 Validation for anyone who wants to call us paranoid!
@RainbowBritey Thank you that helps ! I think its safe to say I can count myself out but I wish you the best and really hope you get the scholarship!!
@ARousseau Yes, validation for sure … I think its safe to say my journey with JCK ends here
It’s totally normal to be paranoid and anxious about this whole process. I myself felt the same way, and even though I’m sorta convinced that I have been cut from the whole JKCF process, I’m not gonna let it defeat me. The same should go for all of you if you are also feeling discouraged. 2 years ago I would have I never expected to be the student and person that I am right now. I’ve achieved everything I promised myself 2 years ago that I’d achieve, and even though I may come up short with JKCF, it’s not the end of the world. We are ALL amazing students and people and we will MAKE opportunities for ourselves when there are none. In the end, we will all transfer to a four-year university, and we will get out of it what we put in. Continue to have that killer drive and you’ll achieve all of your goals!
@ARousseau
@kb199977 Very well said. I admire your positive outlook on the situation. I also am a totally different person and student than I was two years ago. Thanks for the encouragement. I also applied to Princeton ! Don’t count yourself out from there you sound like you put together a strong application and being a semifinalist for JKC is a huge advantage!! I wish you the best of luck and hope you end up at Princeton.
@kb199977 I’m going to continue to disagree with labeling it paranoid. Like I’ve stated, anxiety does not equal paranoid (especially when we we’re right)!
I’m not discouraged. This means that this is not the community for me. It isn’t always about how well you do, it’s about do you fit into the “personality” of the community to which you’re applying. If I didn’t fit, then I shouldn’t be a part of it as I wouldn’t be happy to be a part of a community to which I don’t belong. I know I’m academically and socially qualified, but I’m not their type.
That being said, I will say this: I say we prove them wrong for not seeing us for how talented we are or just how much we’ve overcome. Do well to show them we challenge their judgement. It doesn’t have to be that we agree with their decisions and then we do well anyway. I think it’s fair that we acknowledge that we feel they made the wrong decision.
I know I represent the voices of others out there with this. That’s more important to me.
@Kmag22 hey that’s great, I wish the best of luck for both of us regarding Princeton!
@ARousseau If we are rejected, then of course we will not agree with the decision. I’m not agreeing with the decision of being rejected, because I want to win and have prepared for 2 years for this scholarship. But what I’m saying is that we don’t need JKCF to succeed. And of course we will work even harder to succeed and prove their decision wrong, IF we are rejected. But if we are rejected, we need to work hard for ourselves rather than holding a grudge against the JKCF. Sit tight, our bid isn’t over quite yet!
@kb199977 I’m glad we have this perspective! It’s important that we talk and have this out there for others. I can say that, without a second e-mail and without an e-mail for an interview, it’s safe to assume it’s a, “no.”
Not everyone disagrees with the decision, and not everyone continues to try. Also, people are often afraid to put it out there that they feel a decision is wrong, so I wanted to put it out there that we should be able to express how we feel. Be professional, yes, but don’t conform to being fake. There are too many fake people, fake posts, fake emotions … I want real posts and real concerns.
@ARousseau Preach, I agree with everything. I lowkey feel like they put artists on the backburner, which is rather disheartening. Not because they didn’t give me the scholarship, but because if you take a look at their winners the past 3 years there are like less than 8 artists that have gotten the award combining all of their scholarships together. I also feel like the way they format their application is in a way that doesn’t really allow artists to show the full of their potential.
Also, not to be weird but I wish that they would notify the semifinalists that got cut already (if this is a thing, which I think we can all agree is pretty much true) that they didn’t get the scholarship. It would honestly make the college application process a lot easier. So if there are any reps for JKC reading, maybe this is something you can implement in the coming years.
However that being said, congrats to those of you getting interviews! Yassss lol, I can’t state enough how happy I am for you! You are all more than deserving 
@ARousseau wow, I just went through the 2018 JKCF thread and officially accept that those who haven’t received the emails have been cut 
so disappointed, but whatevs. Im out y’all! Good luck!
Yeah, it kinda sucks. I am disheartened that the second email thing was true. But I am still glad that I made it this far. Good luck to everybody who got the email and did the interview!!! By the way, does anybody know if we can re-apply for the scholarship next year while we are at our four-year colleges?
@Timothy5298 You can’t. If you’d like you take a gap year to reapply though. That’s kind of what I did!
Hey everyone!! Just checking in to see if anyone won the scholarship yet !?
@Kmag22 decisions are not until April. Last year it seemed to be around April 10th, some finding out even earlier. Have a massive course load this semester so thankfully thats keeping me busy enough to count the seconds!
When I spoke to someone at the foundation recently they said mid-April, and that any earlier would be a pleasant surprise
Hey guys, another semi-finalist with a really strong background here. I did not receive a second email or interview and actually emailed JKC about it.
What I sent: Hello, I am a current semi-finalist for the undergraduate transfer scholarship! Due to my curiosity I have been searching the web for other semi-finalist. It seems that some of these semi-finalist have received a follow up email and even an interview in some cases. I also know of a previous JKC recipient that did confirm that they received the same type of follow-up email. I am trying to not let this dishearten me but it does seem to imply that a second cut has been made. I would love if you could either confirm/deny that this is true. Thank you for your time.
Their reply: As a semifinalist, your application is still under review, and no additional documents are required from you at this time. Final notifications will be sent via email in April.
Hopefully this means I am still in the running, its not over until its over.
@Tihshewz I have pretty much given up and accepted that I most likely won’t get the scholarship. I am setting my sights on applying on the competitive 4-year schools. I got accepted into the CUNY schools: Baruch, Hunter, Queens and City College! Still waiting on UMich, USC, Columbia and 10 others.
I would give up but I believe I’m a really strong applicant due to the research I’ve done. I’ve went to CCURI twice, one in Austin Texas and the other in Phoenix Arizona. I don’t think many other applicants have participated in undergraduate research as much as I have.
Hey, how are you all doing? How’s your final semester going? What’s new?
I applied for the scholarship and was surprised when I was selected as one of the semi finalists. Looking at y’all stats, I feel a little bit under qualified. I didn’t get the second email so it is safe to say that I’m not among the finalists. Congratulations to everyone still on for the final cut.
P.S : so my parents make a whole lot of money, I wonder if that played a role in my scholarship application.