The Unofficial SMART Scholarship Forum

I'm a rentention candidate waiting to see if I made the final cut. The SF who contacted me told me they had no idea how the pay worked for rentention. I thought it might work like safe pay or maybe just hoping. The SF also said they had to submit final decisions by April 11th, but that may have been...

Thanks for your input. I have 15 years in the AF and 8 years in the federal work force and completely understand the inflated expectations people can have when it comes to their first direct experience with government.

This is the first time I've put in for the scholarship and couldn't help but notice the negative attitude people seem to have for this program. Is this a case of people not researching the SF and asking the right questions (such as pay advancement, job description) before signing a legally binding c...