Let say you win a scholarship that has certain criterias for major selections and you happen to not be accepted in that major? Will they take away the scholarship or is it possible that they will adjust to the situation(like doing undeclared for a year, take all the prerequisites for that major and try to apply for the upcoming year)?
It’s possible but extremely unlikely. Whether the scholarship is from your school or an outside source, no one tends to be particularly enthusiastic about giving you money when you stop meeting their eligibility criteria.
Aw ok thank you so much! I found out yesterday that I wasn’t accepted into my major and I basically put that for all the scholarships I signed up for… I don’t really know what to do right now.
I think it would only matter if the outside scholarship was for that particular major, for example business or nursing. If it is just a general scholarship and you said you were going to major in business but weren’t accepted, I’m not sure it would matter.
^ Right. I interpreted “certain criterias for major selections” as meaning that the scholarships OP applied to required a certain major. If it’s general, then changing majors should be fine.
If you don’t meet the criteria for a scholarship you aren’t eligible for the scholarship. If the scholarship is offered to you when you did not get a certain major and that major is required, the honorable thing will be to respond by saying that you were not accepted into the major and turn the scholarship down. Just last week a professor wanted to nominate my daughter for a summer scholarship at her college and thought that if she could minor in the subject to qualify. However when they met the next day and looked more deeply into the eligibility criteria it turns out that a major is required to be eligible. She does not want to change her major so she is not eligible for the scholarship. Though it was really nice to be asked if by the professor if he could nominate her.
I disagree with the posters thus far. If you still intend to major in that topic but were not accepted immediately, as long as there continues to be hope that you can get into that major, and as long as you intend to do so, you are eligible. Just let each sponsor know you have been accepted to the college but will have to apply for that major next year. And let them know what you plan to do in order to work towards getting into the major. I don’t think you are disqualified at all.
With all due respect. If a scholarship is ONLY for music majors or nursing majors or art majors or whatever…if the student is NOT in that major, he or she will not get or be able to continue to receive that scholarship.
If someone “hopes” to major in engineering, that is not good enough for a scholarship,that requires a student to BE an engineering major.
You don’t get scholarships based on a wing and a prayer.
If you are awarded a scholarship it should come with a letter stating the conditions that must be met. If one of those conditions is a certain major and you have changed your intended major, you should notify the scholarship people.
If I were to do another major that fit the criterias and tried to transfer to the intended major that I wanted, would they be okay with that?
These are questions for the scholarship program in question. But as long as you meet the eligibility criteria, you’re probably ok.
Scholarship committees either do or don’t have leeway.
If they are administering funds which were donated specifically for a particular reason (to help children of deceased firefighters get an education) and one year there are no applicants- there will either be language in the bequest or donation which specifies what happens then (children of police, corrections officers, US Military) or not.
You need to ask the program if you are eligible now. Perhaps they have some wiggle room (particularly if the “waiting list” of other awardees isn’t very long) and perhaps they have a clear protocol in place- if you aren’t accepted into the major, you will not qualify for funding. If the language is broad “to help promising students interested in health care” and you don’t get accepted into a nursing program but can get accepted into OT, PT, pharmacy- then clearly, you are still majoring in a health related field.
But if you need to start in early childhood education with the hopes of later qualifying for nursing- and the funds were donated specifically for health care students- you are likely out of luck.
You need to ask them.
Thank you for all the helpful comments!!!