2012-2013 HRSA Nursing Scholarship Application

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The application process hasn't even started yet but I didn't even find out about last year's scholarship until a couple days before the deadline. I did get my application in on time but was not fortunate enough to be a recipient. I intend to apply again for the upcoming scholarship. Any tips from those that were accepted? My EFC is 0, I'm in an undergraduate program, and my GPA is 3.4.

I emailed an information specialist and the following was their reply. Please don't lose hope, we still have a chance. Best wishes to all, keep your head up! I know I'm trying my hardest to do so :)

Dear Asmara:

The program has not yet announced all awards; this is happening on a rolling basis until September 30, 2012. Don't give up hope just yet!

I wish you the best of luck

Thank you for contacting the Bureau of Clinician Recruitment & Service.

(their name)

Information Specialist

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I just tried to log into the portal and check on the status of my app and it says "Login failed etc". Has anyone else had this problem today???

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No it works for me.

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Does anyone know how many applicants there are?

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FinallyMine,

I just saw your post about not being able to take out additional loans to cover living expenses and was about to have a heart attack. I called up HRSA to discuss this with them and they said that you CAN still take out student loans to pay for living expenses. Did someone from the HRSA tell you that you couldn't, or was it just the wording on the website? If it does end up that the rep that I spoke to was wrong, I may have reconsider accepting the scholarship, or I may just take out the maximum available to me for this semester and see if I can figure out a way to make things work.

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The congratulations email from the 3rd said there were 2,720 applicants. If so, that was far fewer than the last two years.

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The congratulations email from the 3rd said there were 2,720 applicants. If so, that was far fewer than the last two years.

The 2720 i believe were the eligible applicants. I believe there was quite a few more applicants.

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Jrmalin,

I actually had one person at HRSA tell me that it was fine to take out loans as well. I was skeptical so I continued to research.

My student account office discussed this with me as there have been other students receive this scholarship at my school in the past. The person who handles this showed me a bill of a former student (minus their name) and it showed that since that student had some loans come in, HRSA only sent the school the difference. (for example, if the tuition was $3000 and the student had a $500 loan come in, HRSA only sent the school $2500)

HRSA doesn't care if you take out any loans, where the challenge lies is the timing of it all. Student loans are obligated to be put toward tuition first before anything else. HRSA tuition payments don't come into the school until after the loans so you will never be able to have the money for the loans dispersed to you as they will cover tuition first.

After I confirmed this info with my student accounts office, I called HRSA back and discussed this with another support person. He read to me the exact regulations that apply to this situation and my student accounts office was right.

The only way around this is to have a private loan or scholarship that is specifically allowed to be used for living expenses and not tuition. I haven't found any of these but I have heard that they may exist.

Another option for undergraduate students would be Federal work study through the school. This is not considered a loan and would not interfere with the scholarship. Unfortunately, I am a graduate student and cannot benefit from this. I strongly encourage you to speak with your schools representative that handles 3rd party scholarships as they are likely to have some insight into this as well.

I wish the first support person was right, but she wasn't. It is not uncommon to get misinformation through government call centers, I have had this situation happen many times before with other federal offices.

Good Luck!

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I have been checking my email non-stop and still nothing. I pray that I will get it. I hope if more people on here get the email that they will post it up here so we can really see if they are still giving them out. Trying to remain positive.

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I got the email today!!!! I'm super excited.

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Congrats MsSherman!!!

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Good for you MsSherman. What time did it come and where are you located?

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