Could someone please help me clear up this "First Choice School" issue?

mh3353
Wed, 21 Jan 2015 03:08:28 +0000

Thank you so much for the reply, STEMFamily. It is nice to have at least one person confirm my thought process. As you said, I think I should be safe in selecting Mines if I want to do so. The part of the scholarship that is subject to cancellation is only the “official” part, correct? I believe that to be the case, and thus being “offered” SDSMT’s scholarship prior to May should not hurt my chances at UMN.

And as for whether the UMN scholarship is guaranteed, it may not be. However, I have already been formally offered their scholarship contingent on my reaching Finalist status, so I don’t feel I have much to worry about. I will plan to select them by May 1 and not deal with waiting later anyways. I am waiting until I can size-up total scholarship packages before making a decision, and thus, I should have my choice made by early April at the very latest.