<p>Did anyone do it? When do we find out if we won?</p>
<p>I did it. I haven't heard anything yet.</p>
<p>I did it too, but I haven't heard anything yet...... Wonder when will hear anything....</p>
<p>I got something today. Any idea how many people get the finalist notification out of the ~12,000 that apply?</p>
<p>btw, it says after you complete the forms, yada yada yada, you'll know at the end of February if you've won.</p>
<p>Nobody else got one?</p>
<p>gonna be a pain getting it completed. Most of the people who need to sign it are out of town. </p>
<p>no idea on chances from finalist to winner. finalist works ok however just goes on my resume.</p>
<p>I haven't gotten one. It says you'll be notified by the end of February. For the people that have gotten one already, what were your ECs?</p>
<p>Eagle Scout....Did my project which included raising over $1500 and landscaping my church. </p>
<p>Other community service activities included building a gazebo and play area at a local elementary school, building raised walkways at a middle school so kids could walk between trailers without getting wet when it rains, re-landscaping the front entrance to another elementary school, renovating a playground at a church preschool, Math tutor 1x a week at title 1 hispanic middle school (Jr year), counslor at science summer (freshman and soph years) camp for lower income and ESL kids, FBLA and Key club stuff, peer leader at school. Work at lawn mower repair shop 15 hours a week and use skills from there to fix mowers for people who can't afford. I don't know if they asked gpa or SAT but 3.887 uw all gifted honors and AP with 1480 SAT. </p>
<p>Essay was on helping to build a habitat house. Family had a kid in a wheelchair and we built ramps and an adapted bathroom.</p>
<p>I didn't have any killer stuff. I just get bored so I go do stuff. Big surprise when I got the letter.</p>
<p>i didnt get nething either</p>
<p>I hope they don't really put too much towards the essay because I had put off the scholarship to the last minute, and as a result my essay was only about two paragraphs.</p>
<p>I got a notice today, Feb24, that I am a $1k winner. Checked the target website and it has not been updated from 2005.</p>
<p>Now to keep this hidden from my parents until they start getting on my case about something. LOL</p>
<p>Where are you from?<br>
Has anyone else heard from Target yet?</p>
<p>GA. Mailed my confirmation stuff the 6th of Jan, the day it was due because most of the folks who needed to sign were out of town over the holidays. Got the semi notice xmas eve. Very tight turn around.</p>
<p>okay - I thought that you just got the SEMI-FINALIST notification. My d didn't get it at all, then. She is a Toyota semi-finalist, though.</p>
<p>Congrats on the toyota. I go to a big HS, over 700 in my grad class, so the one person nominated from my school was not me. My 1480 SAT and 3.77 gpa uw puts me about 50th in my class so I only go for non-need based community service or essay scholarships at less than $5,000. </p>
<p>For me those are easier to get and I don't want to knock out someone who could not go to college without an award. </p>
<p>I already have full tuition in state at two schools and OOS waiver plus books at another school in another state. I also work 15 hrs a week and have a lot of money saved. So no need based for me. karma as my Dad says</p>
<p>We don't qualify for need-based, either. However, the colleges that my D wants are more than we can do without borrowing. She wants to go to med school and we don't want either one of us to have a huge debt at the end. She has gone for as many scholarships that she can get. Her school is smaller than yours, but she is one of the few that doesn't want to go to a state school and according to her counselor has the best volunteer portfolio in her class. She is also the only one that is willing to answer all those questions!</p>
<p>eppsas I sent you a private message</p>
<p>Bump to see if anyone else on the board has heard. specifically looking for dates of notification of finalist status and dates of notificaion of winner status so I can compare to the Best Buy scholarship process. Thanks</p>
<p>seems to be fewer winners than last year. I did not save the old pages but it looks like a smaller number than last year for my state. Last year 4 in my county this year 2.</p>
<p>select "education" then "All- Around" then "View Scholarship Recipients"</p>