Hi, I was wondering if anyone had an idea when Banneker Key results would be coming out based on previous years? I think semifinalists last year got an email about a week after acceptance letters came out saying “Something special is coming in the mail”? Could anyone give me any more information? Also, when do other merit scholarships like the President’s & Dean’s Scholarship come out?
If anyone hears anything could they make a comment
Scholarship notifications should arrive by mid-March, according to a staff member I talked with at the Honors College (I’m a student Honors College Ambassador at UMD), but they usually come in sooner (by mid-February, in my case, last year.) BK scholarship interviews happened some time in February last year too, so I doubt it will take until March.
@whenyoubelieve do you mind telling me the specific date and which scholarship you received? I just want to know so I can base when to expect the decisions by this year. Thanks!
@glorianagloriana I don’t remember what the specific date is (I left my award letter at home), but I know it was around 2/10. I got the Presidential Scholarship.
@glorianagloriana - when my kid got it, the B/K invite letter was dated 2/4, interview was 2/24 (and another interview date early March), and Dr. Loh’s notification letter was dated 3/20. Other merit scholarships letters are sent out in batches (or used to at least) until April or so. Hope this is helpful.
Anyone hear anything? Based on last year’s thread an email was sent out on this day.
Nothing.
I noticed that people posted in past years that they received their email in the evening, so I’ll still be checking ours for a while still.
I did some digging around twitter and old threads here and found these dates for notifications in the past. 2017 & 2016 are from college confidential, earlier dates are based on the first mention on twitter of BK letters/emails.
2017: Email February 3rd
2016: Email February 10th at around 7pm
2015: By February 9th
2014: By February 11th
2013: ??? it appears there was some sort of mishap this year
2012: By February 11th
If anyone receives an email or letter about it, please post here. They don’t send out notifications that you didn’t get it, so I’m sure everyone else will want to know. 
Thanks for the research @EllaPhage. Hopefully someone on this thread hears something, so we’ll at least know notifications went out!
My friend just got a notification letter! No email.
I also got a notification letter today! Coalition hasn’t updated yet, and I didn’t get an email either.
Congrats guys! Are you in state or out of state?
im worried im hoping i get at least some sort of aid lol
@shampoo and @alpaca7001, are you in MD? Did you get a BK letter or other $$ award info?
Yeah, I’m in state. My mail hasn’t come yet, but I know 2 people who’ve gotten BK letters.
I’m in state, and the letter said I had been selected as a semifinalist and was invited to an interview (and to check Coalition for the interview, though it hasn’t updated).
@alpaca7001 Could you let us know when it does? That way those of us who are out of state can know for sure that we didn’t get a letter. 
Red Envelope in mail box - woot!
Are people with envelopes thus far only in-state?