On the application it says local award notifications come by the end of April.
Do you need to apply for the local awards?
Hey call to muster, can you drop the link to the portal? I can’t seem to get back to it. Thanks!
You sign in and click on “State Finalist Form” 
https://aim.applyISTS.net
I submitted my SAT score report which I downloaded from collegeboard. I think you can download the ACT Score Report as well and then combine the two PDFs. But you can’t submit two different uploads for SAT/ACT so I’m not sure If they just want one or another document hmmm…
I submitted my ACT score. I went to the ACT score report and tried to print it. When it asks you which printer you want to use, just select save it as a pdf. The website act.org also gives you an option to download your score report but it comes with a lot of unnecessary information that way.
Does one have to be a member of the ELKS lodge to apply for the scholarship or can anyone apply?
@confusedjunior61 Anyone can apply! I’m not a members of any lodge.
@calltomuster Thank you so much!
I’ve uploaded everything but it still says, ‘Started’. I realize it takes 5-7 days to process, but what if it hasn’t processed by the due date? Should it say something other than ‘Started’ while it is being processed?
It will say “started” until your uploads are approved. If you click on the "started button you will see what item is needing to be approved. It will say “processing”. It took the full 7 business days for my daughter’s documents to be approved. It also say’s that as long as you have uploaded everything by the due date then you are good.
Hey y’all, has any heard back from ELKS yet?
I just read in past threats that they will announce national semifinalists this March 1st, please comment if you get an advance email.
Notification to National Semi-Finalists: March 2, 2020
Do you know around what time today?
I was selected as a state finalist, and according to what I was sent, we are supposed to be notified of the national semi-finalist results today. Has anyone heard anything yet? I don’t have high hopes of winning anything, but at least a rejection letter would be nice.
In my correspondence, I have 2 conflicting dates - one from donotreply@applyists.com which indicates March 31, 2020, and the other from ElksMVS@applyists.com which has today’s date. Not sure which one is accurate.
I saw two dates too but believe 3/2/2020 is the correct one. My daughter (two years ago) got the notification email at 5:37 PM on Friday 3/2/2018.
I believe that March 31st is when they are going to notify the top 20. They are supposed to notify us today about the results for the $4000 level.
I got an email 12 minutes ago letting me know that I am a national semifinalist!