The Unofficial SMART Scholarship Forum

Thank you for all the information. I reached out to the POC at my SF about my options for next year so hopefully he has some good news. I just cannot see a world a year from now where every citizen of the USA has to either get vaccinated or perpetually wear a mask and get tested for COVID on a weekl...

Thank you for your information, At this point In my career I guess I've decided that it's not the govts job to tell me what sort of medical care I need to receive in order to pursue gainful employment in and out of the govt. I am mainly reaching out here to see if anyone who's received the scholarsh...

Thank you for your (very well worded) reply I have heard from my POC at my SF and as of last week all DoD personnel must be fully vaccinated by Nov 22, 2021. My phase 2 will start (approx.) Sept. 2022. I am definitely planning to pursue other options prior to litigation. I will keep everyone posted ...

You'll have the chance to discuss your future plans and can clearly show that while the transcripts you send won't reflect this fact, that you are in deed pursuing a CS degree. Which as you've stated is among the highest awarded degrees in SMART. Say you're a CS and go for it man. Just be sure to ex...

Hello everyone, Let me preface this by saying I do not want to talk about getting the vaccine. I"ve made up my mind and I will not be getting it. That being said I was curious to see if any other SMART scholars felt the same way. I am tossing around the idea of talking to a lawyer about the fact tha...

2020 Award Recipient Good luck everyone! Hopefully many of you will be receiving "semi-finalist" emails soon. I found out in March of 2020 that I was awarded the scholarship and my SF is 775th AF Squadron at Edwards AFB. I completed my eQIP (Clearance App.) in Sept. of 2020 and didn't find out I was...

I got it! My sponsoring facility will be Edwards AFB My Major is Electrical Engineering (BS) I had a 3.5 G.P.A It looks like I will be working on integrated flight/weapon system testing. Sounds very exciting. I have my virtual site visit this afternoon and I will update how it all went. Congrats to ...