# To all members who got school scholarships:

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-all-members-who-got-school-scholarships/239782>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 13, 2004, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-all-members-who-got-school-scholarships/239782 "2004-04-13T14:22:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2004, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-all-members-who-got-school-scholarships/239782/21 "2004-04-15T02:52:42Z")

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Here’s what I did last night, and have gotten no response. I e-mailed two other schools in Arkansas, NWACC, a community college, and UCA. I gave them, essentially, an application, with my transcript, test scores, extracurriculars, etc., and asked them what they’d give me. (it’s already after the deadline. If I can’t find any money, I guess I’ll have to wait until spring, because I don’t have the money to go right now :(, and I’ll shoot myself in the foot if I take out 10k in student loans my first year…

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**Author:** ![rackensack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@rackensack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rackensack)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2004, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-all-members-who-got-school-scholarships/239782/22 "2004-04-15T03:37:06Z")

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> [@chaoticdonkey](#):
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> I e-mailed two other schools in Arkansas, NWACC, a community college, and UCA. I gave them, essentially, an application, with my transcript, test scores, extracurriculars, etc., and asked them what they’d give me. (it’s already after the deadline. If I can’t find any money, I guess I’ll have to wait until spring, because I don’t have the money to go right now :(,

If you’re genuinely puzzled about the reasons U of A didn’t offer you anything, call the [scholarship office](http://scholarships.uark.edu/) and ask for an in-person meeting. Don’t be belligerent, just say that you’d like to find out what sort of things you might do to give you a better shot at merit-based aid. (I’m assuming that you’re assuming or know that you’re not eligible for need-based aid – if you didn’t submit the FAFSA, you should’ve). Besides allowing you to find out more about the process, it also makes you a human being instead of just a file to at least one person in the process, which can only help you (assuming you don’t act like a raving lunatic or arrogant jerk).

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