<p>Anyone from Florida find out?</p>
<p>My D received the letter about her receiving the scholarship yesterday. We are in New York City. It's $1500/yr, renewable for 4 years.</p>
<p>My D received the letter yesterday in Georgia.</p>
<p>My son got one in NJ today. The process at our school included a timedn essay done in the Guidance office, in addition to all the GPA and SAT score stuff. I understand each school could nominate 9 kids. The letter said 186 scholarships were given out in NJ for 1500 for 4 years.</p>
<p>i'm from Jersey and i got the same letter as bugmom. $6000!!!!! </p>
<p>i really really hope the federal government feels like funding it all four years</p>
<p>If I haven't gotten a letter yet, should I assume I didn't get it?</p>
<p>I don't know how this works at all. Some of you are saying your school could nominate NINE people...my school could nominate 1. My gudiance counselor made up some weird points system with grades and test scores to decide who would get it, and decided that I had a 34 ACT, even though I've never taken that test.</p>
<p>Stupid Bush, cutting funding to the one scholarship I might potentially get.</p>
<p>Although the funding for this scholarship is Federal, each State administers the selection process and awarding differently. It sounds like, depending on the state, some people are still being notified.</p>
<p>I think this scholarship serves no purpose. It rewards people with high GPA and SAT scores. It doesn't really make college more accessible to low-income families because financial need is not a factor. At best, it gives people motivation to do well on the SAT and get a high GPA, but the magnitude is doubtful considering how small the scholarship is compared to what else high GPA/SAT could do.</p>
<p>This is from someone who won the scholarship this year. I'm all for getting 1500 a year, but I wouldn't be surprised if this program is cut from the budget. I can't see this program lasting for many more years.</p>
<p>None - How can you possibly say that the scholarship serves no purpose? A LOT of middle-class students would love to get $6,000 because even with their high SAT and GPA they're borrowing thousands and thousands of dollars to go to school. That amount represents almost two whole summers' worth of work for most of them.</p>
<p>You know, if you think it's worthless you can always decline it - I'm sure there will be countless students who think it serves a fine purpose.</p>
<p>I agree middle-class needs help financially, but this scholarship is given to someone who might not have financial need. The annual 40 million budget could be used for need-based aid like expanding Pell grants. It could also be used to replace $1500/year of a student's subsidized stafford loan and/or work-study with the scholarship, meaning people who don't qualify for such programs won't receive such a scholarship.</p>
<p>I do hope Congress doesn't adopt this position. If nothing else, I hope people understand the difficulty of politicians trying to explain the merits of a program which gives money that could go to rich families for college.</p>
<p>in MA the applications were just due on JUne 1 so it might take a while to get notified</p>
<p>"My gudiance counselor made up some weird points system with grades and test scores to decide who would get it, and decided that I had a 34 ACT, even though I've never taken that test."</p>
<p>Making up a test score seems to be a tricky thing, to me. I would have serious doubts about a guidance counselor who makes up test scores. I am sure that there were other criteria for this scholarship that this Poster would have legitimately met. My daughter received the scholarship and I remember the application had several different reporting possibilities.</p>
<p>Did they send out all the notification letters in New York yet. I am in New York City.</p>
<p>She knew I had never taken the ACT, but she calculated my ACT score as a 34. She's not the most brilliant counselor, but as she was nominating me for a scholarship I wasn't about to argue.</p>
<p>Chandra,
Correct me if I'm wrong, but it sounds like your GC "made up" a point system that took into account grades and ACT scores so that she could use both factors to determine who to nominate for the scholarship. But she did not "make up" the test score itself, I would assume that she looked at a converstion table to give you an equivalent ACT score from your SAT score.</p>
<p>It wasn't a per se conversion table, it was some weird equation/points system. I do not have the highest SAT score at my score, or even the second or third thighest.</p>
<p>YEAH! My son got a Byrd scholarship in Texas. We were NOT expecting it. I really hope they fund it for the next 4 years. DS and DD have them..... :)</p>
<p>I'm positive I read online that it's been funded for '07-08, but I can't for the life of me find where I read it! We received notice that son won but haven't gotten any of the paperwork to process the award.</p>
<p>If you remember where you saw it, please post the information here. In Dd's case, if the Byrd funding disappears the university will step up and replace that grant amount. But in son's case, we will have to cover the costs if the scholarship goes unfunded. Here's hoping for funds!</p>
<p>Does anyone know what you have to do to "renew" the Byrd? My S got it last year in Ohio.</p>