2016-2017 HRSA Nursing Scholarship

dianearc, BSN, RN · Jun 7, 2016

Hello,

I also applied for the scholarship. I have a BS in public health and an M.S in healthcare management with a cumulative 3.3GPA, EFC=O. I applied for funds for 1year, for an accelerated BSN. I hope others who applied can join this thread and keep us posted. I'm nervous as well as this will be immensely helpful. I actually need it and I'm sure everyone of us does. I'm wishing all the applicants all the best. It appears HRSA receives a lot of applications for the scholarship every year. Let's all keep each other posted when we get any updates from HRSA.

loveoverhate · Jun 21, 2016

There was another forum prior... I wonder if it got deleted... Has anyone got their credit checked yet?

dianearc, BSN, RN · Jun 22, 2016

Hello @loveoverhate, do you know if it was a forum for this year's applicants or was it for last year? Regarding credit checks, mine hasn't been checked. When I read last year's thread, the credit checks began mid/end of July. Also, once again, referring to last year's applicants, there were some people who got the scholarship without the credit checks and others who had the credit checks done but did not get the scholarship. So it appears the credit checks are a good sign that they are reviewing one's application but it didn't mean certainly, one would get it.

loveoverhate · Jun 22, 2016

It was for this year, it was pretty active as well.. Quite a few people that posted in it weekly it seemed. I applied, but I dont know if I will get it as Graduate RN programs fall into the 3rd preference and they did not disclose that in the application. I am still hopeful!

loveoverhate · Jun 24, 2016

I found it!

https://allnurses.com/online-nursing-schools/nurse-corps-scholarship-1043146-page6.html#post9085994

dianearc, BSN, RN · Jun 24, 2016

I found it!
https://allnurses.com/online-nursing-schools/nurse-corps-scholarship-1043146-page6.html#post9085994

Awesome! Interesting, I had even posted on there. I kept thinking of the older one. Thanks!

gdudley · Jun 28, 2016

Hello has any on recieved confirmation of recieving the award?

dianearc, BSN, RN · Jun 29, 2016

Hello has any on recieved confirmation of recieving the award?

Hi gdudley,

It's too soon to tell. Their 1st review ended on June 28th & the 2nd review ends on July 5th. Here's a link for the review process/dates

HRSA Review Information

gdudley · Jun 29, 2016

Thank you so much!!

dianearc, BSN, RN · Jul 4, 2016

Hello all,

I posted this info in the other forum (Nurse Corps Scholarship 2016-2017) as well. But I wanted to add it here too for those who may be using this one.

I just wanted to post some vital dates regarding credit checks and award email notifications based on last year's forum. These dates have appeared to remain rather consistent in the past years. So they may be helpful for us to know as well.

In last year's forum:

Credit Checks:

7/28/15 1st NP student to post that she received a credit check (appearing as CREDCO on their report)

7/29/15 NP student gets a credit check (appearing as HRSA/CREDCO). Application status on the portal still stated "under review")

As I kept reading, a BSN student posted that she was using credit karma and although she got a credit check on 7/29/15 (from CREDCO), it did not update on credit karma until 8/4/15. So my suggestion is to also check myannuacreditreport.com. But this was the only case I saw.

7/30/15 More posts confirming credit checks from both BSN and NP students

Awards:

8/3/15 3 NP students posted that they had received the award email, after 5pm. They were in the direct entry program but had completed their RN portion of the program.

Again on this date, a BSN student posted that she received the award email at 6pmEST

8/4/15 A BSN student, a 3rd semester ADN student and an accelerated BSN student posted that they had received the award email.

***For all those who received the award email, the status on the portal changed from "under review" to "finalist"

8/5/15 A BSN student posted that she received the award email. She reported that a credit check was not done :down:

I am only posting the initial dates of when credit checks were first noticed and when award emails were first sent out in last year's forum. But as I kept reading, it was a long drag going on through September, with some people receiving credit checks but no awards. But all in all, it appears that credit checks are a good determinant that you are being considered for the award. Someone posted that when she called HRSA last year, she was informed that they go down the list based on the highest ranking scores to the lowest.

Gosh, how intense?! I'm wishing all of us good luck! Please keep us posted if you get any updates.

BriAllene · Jul 19, 2016

I had a CREDCO inquiry on June 16, 2016.. I can't recall any other reason why I'd have this credit check run... have any other HRSA applicants seen a CREDCO inquiry? If so, on which date(s)?