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• Our application has students upload their FAFSA Submission Summary with SAI and their financial aid award letter from the school then plan to attend. We can then calculate need well in advance of the student bill availability

  in Financial Need vs. Ability to Use a scholarship Comment by EllenVietor August 9
• Most of our applications open in January and close in April. We require financial aid award letters for our need-based scholarships. Our past experience was that many incoming freshmen don't have their institutional award info before April 1. Our renewal applications close in mid-June, also due to timing of financial aid…

  in How long is your scholarship application open? Comment by EllenVietor September 2021
• We stopped using prefixes a few years ago and use first name for salutation. Our gender question is also on the profile as gender is a qualifier for some opportunities. We ask as follows: You may qualify for certain scholarships based on your gender. Please select from the list below. This is an optional question. If you…

  in Gender versus Pronouns?? Comment by EllenVietor September 2021