The Unofficial SMART Scholarship Forum

Which I have little to no interest in being tied to for the next 8 years. How do you come up with 8 years? The SMART limit is 5. It is a recommended practice to not be in the smart program for more than a few years. If you end up in a job you hate, you are stuck for the service requirement. So my q...

When I received this ward last year, I received a rejection email. Then a week later I received an offer email. Check those spam folders!

I was a second year student at a Community College when I received this award.

Edit: My award does not show under my CC. It shows under my transfer University, since I only attended the University under the scholarship, not the CC.

SMART Team
Administrative support
DoD SMART Scholarship-for-Service Program
[phone number redacted to prevent them being flooded with calls in the future]

-From an email I got from them

if we are selected this year

This makes me thing you would be awarded the scholarship this year. You do not intern the summer after being awarded the scholarship. A 2021 recipient would intern summer 2022

I received the aware in a "second chance". I got the reject email. Then a week later in my spam folder was the offer email. I went through onboarding with HR at my FS explaining SMART and what I need to do. I interviewed my FS to see if it was a good job. Then I accepted on the last day, so about a ...

I'm the original responder, it logs me out sometimes... So if I get it and they're expecting to fund me for 4 years but I only need 2 to complete my BS, do you think I should just wait and apply for the extension closer to that time? You will probably need to have this conversation with you FS when ...

I received this scholarship last year as a second year student at a community college. I was not committed to a transfer school until after receiving the award.

My SF was going to supply me with a laptop. Being virtual you do not get the support payments.

How much did this service cost?

From the SMART 2020 Handbook: 9.3. Minimum GPA Requirement Scholars maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale from the academic institution(s) for which they receive SMART funding. After a SMART award is funded, only the grades for the degree funded by SMART are used to calculate GPA. ...