The Unofficial SMART Scholarship Forum

I took your advice and looked into my school's security department and they do have a fingerprinting service. So just make sure, it doesn't HAVE to be done by the police department? Just want to make sure of the limitations of who can do it.

Has anyone gotten theirs yet?

I looked into it and I guess we need to go to a police station to be finger printed. Is this correct? I also read there might be a fee. How much are we talking?

Did any previous semi-finalists experience any difficulty with the SF-87? Anything we should look out for?

Did you check your contact information on the DoD application page? Make sure your email is spelled correctly. If it is, do as Chris said and email them.

Guest wrote:Does anyone know the typical starting salary out of college for the DOD for someone with only an undergraduate degree.

I think BS is an automatic pay grade of GS 6. I think masters is GS 8 and Ph.D is GS 11. (I'm not positive of the Masters and Ph.D levels)

As far as security clearance goes, I was informed early on that the current clearance I had was able to bypass the need for an sf-86 but not enough to fulfill the needs of the semi-finalists part of the deal. Basically I have a secret clearance because of my Air Force occupation, but if I'm not mis...

Got my email....I made it! So the odds just went from 1 in 10 to about 1 in 4. One step closer!