ny higher ed services just answered my question i previously posted: the 30 credit per year requirement does not apply to persons with disabilities, rather the award will be prorated depending upon the number of credits you are taking, so for example if i was to go less than full time i could do so but the award would be proportionally reduced. so if i was taking 9 credits and 12 credits is full time i would get approximately 75% of the semester award. i am still unsure what they will do with the people who took time off due to their disability....hopefully they will not count this against me or anybody else who is a disabled student.
maybe it's me, but, i have heard through the grapevine that nontraditional students--namely older students who took a prolonged break from college for any reason several years ago---are not eligible to receive this scholarship. also students have not heard anything as to their status for this semester since they applied late last year, forcing them to use loans or pay out of pocket.
just thought everybody should know before applying..
now i hear a recording saying they are updating accounts on a daily basis...i would start checking your HESC accounts for updates, ladies and gentlemen....
Not excelsior, but my son's HESC portal was updated last Thursday with his other scholarships and it hit his school account today. That means HESC sent the data out to schools last Thursday or Friday.
It looks like they are running 2 weeks behind where there were last year when looking the school account.
Keep checking and email them once per week if nothing shows on your HESC portal.
just read a story where it said that approximately 75 percent (and maybe more, much more) of applicants are denied the excelsior scholarship!!
it's beginning to sound like a pipe dream for most, i'm afraid....maybe a scam according to some.
hmmmm...comments anybody? would like to hear from the financial aid officers who frequent this board. the NYS senate and assembly should hold hearings and get to the bottom of this...something needs to be changed in the regulations...and fast!!!
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we shall see....
just thought everybody should know before applying..
Local college aid officers say they can't get answers from the state"
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Aid-official-Excelsior-scholarship-has-lots-of-13124209.php
do you believe this????
It looks like they are running 2 weeks behind where there were last year when looking the school account.
Keep checking and email them once per week if nothing shows on your HESC portal.
it's beginning to sound like a pipe dream for most, i'm afraid....maybe a scam according to some.
hmmmm...comments anybody? would like to hear from the financial aid officers who frequent this board. the NYS senate and assembly should hold hearings and get to the bottom of this...something needs to be changed in the regulations...and fast!!!
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/red-alert-politics/andrew-cuomos-free-college-program-rejected-70-percent-of-applicants
And Twitter hashtags love nothing.
Excelsior isn't a scam.
@sybbie719 may be able to shed light on this.